Al-Mishirfeh
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| Al-Mishirfeh المشرفة |
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 Al-Mishirfeh
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| Coordinates: 34°50′04″N 36°51′03″E / 34.834479°N 36.850971°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs Governorate |
| District | Homs District |
| Nahiyah | Ayn al-Niser |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 14,868 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
Al-Mishirfeh (Arabic: المشرفة, also spelled al-Mushrifah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northeast of Homs. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Niser, Umm al-Adam and al-Mukharram to the east, al-Sukhnah to the south and Talbiseh, al-Ghantu and Teir Maalah to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mishirfeh had a population of 14,868 in the 2004 census.[1] Outside the modern town is Tell el-Mishrife, the site of the ancient city-state of Qatna.
In the 1950s, under the influence of the Syrian Communist Party, the some of the peasantry of al-Mishirfeh rose against their landlord by seizing his harvest.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
- ^ Batatu, 1999, p. 121.
Bibliography [edit]
- Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691002541.
