Khirbet al-Ma'zah (Arabic: خربة المعزة) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located along the road between Safita in the east and Tartus to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khirbet al-Ma'zah had a population of 4,798 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Khirbet al-Ma'zah Subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of 11 localities with a collective population of 22,897.[1] The inhabitants of the town and the subdistrict are predominantly Alawites, predominantly from the Kalbiyya tribal confederation.[2]
Khirbet al-Ma'zah
خربة المعزة | |
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  Khirbet al-Ma'zah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°47′59″N 36°0′16″E / 34.79972°N 36.00444°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Tartus |
| Subdistrict | Khirbet al-Ma'zah |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 4,798 |
Sources
edit- Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Balanche 2000, p. 152.
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