Official Name: | Al-Mitras |
Other Name: | Mtrass |
Native Name: | المتراس |
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: | Al-Sisiniyah |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 2,138 |
Coordinates: | 34.7775°N 36.1856°W |
Al-Mitras (Arabic: المتراس, also spelled Mtrass) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Marmarita and Zweitina to the east, al-Zarah to the southeast, al-Tulay'i to the southwest, al-Sisiniyah to the west and al-Bariqiyah to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mitras had a population of 2,138 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] [3]