Muzayraa Explained

Muzayraa
Settlement Type:Town
Official Name:Mazirah
Other Name:Mzeraa
Native Name:مزيرعة
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Latakia
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:al-Haffah
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Muzayraa
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:834
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:35.5311°N 36.0711°W

Muzayraa (Arabic: مزيرعة|'''Muzayri`ah''', Mzera'a or Mazirah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa nahiyah ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a collective population of 13,908 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130112122604/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-18-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Balanche, 2006, p. 44.