Kafrun Badra Explained

Official Name:Kafrun Badra
Native Name:كفرون بدرة
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Tartus
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Safita
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Mashta al-Helu
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:302
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+3
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:34.8486°N 36.2467°W

Kafrun Badra (Arabic: كفرون بدرة; also spelled Kafroun Badra) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Safita District of the Tartous Governorate.

The anthropologist Fabrice Balanche noted that Kafrun Badra's population remained largely stagnant between 1960 and 1994, remaining approximately 340. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafrun Badra had a population of 302 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130112162353/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-16-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004