Official Name: | al-Nizariyya |
Native Name: | النزارية |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 34.4319°N 36.5436°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Homs Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | al-Qusayr District |
Subdivision Type3: | Nahiyah |
Subdivision Name3: | Al-Qusayr |
Population Total: | 3,813 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Al-Nizariyya Arabic: النزارية|al-Nīzārīyya) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated off the Orontes River and at the northeastern border of Lebanon. Nearby localities include Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, Rableh and al-Qusayr to the north and Hisyah further to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nazariya had a population of 3,813 in the 2004 census.[1]
On 19 October 2011, during the ongoing Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists claimed two people were killed by security forces in Nazariya.[2] On 26 March 2012, human rights group Avaaz stated one of its activists, Jassim Khaled Diab, was detained by Syrian authorities.[3]