Official Name: | Nabe Karkar |
Native Name: | نبع كركر |
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: | 273 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 34.8444°N 36.2481°W |
Nabe Karkar (Arabic: نبع كركر; also spelled Naba'a Kerker) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Safita District of the Tartous Governorate.
The anthropologist Fabrice Balanche noted that Nabe Karkar's population declined significantly between 1960 and 1994, from 220 inhabitants to 70. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nabe Karkar had a population of 273 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.