Al-Nasirah (Arabic: الناصرة, also spelled al-Nasra) is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Nasirah had a population of 835 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Nasirah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 20 localities with a collective population of 16,678 in 2004.[1] The subdistrict largely occupies an area known as Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians.") The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.[3]
Al-Nasirah
الناصرة al-Nasra | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Al-Nasirah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°47′16″N 36°17′9″E / 34.78778°N 36.28583°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Talkalakh |
| Subdistrict | Al-Nasirah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 835 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Lady of the Valley, located in Wadi al-Nasara, is one of the Marian shrines in the Middle East.
References
edit- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Smith, 1841, p. 181.
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
Bibliography
edit- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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