Al-Hafar, Syria

Al-Hafar
الحفر
Al-Hafr
Village
Al-Hafar

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°15′8″N 36°54′14″E / 34.25222°N 36.90389°E / 34.25222; 36.90389
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Sadad
Population (2004)
  Total 589
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Al-Hafar (Arabic: الحفر, also spelled al-Hafr) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. It is situated in the Syrian Desert, located south of Sadad, west of Huwwarin and northeast of Qarah. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hafar had a population of 589 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2]

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