Gharnatah
Gharnatah
غرناطة al-Ghajar[1] ( الغجر ) | |
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Village | |
  Gharnatah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Rastan |
| Subdistrict | Rastan |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 5,366 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Ghajar (Turkish: El-Kacer,[1] Arabic: الغجر, romanized: Al-Ghārjar) or Gharnatah (Turkish: El-Gırnata,[1] Arabic: غرناطة, romanized: al-Gharnātah, also known as Ghajar Amir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Gharnatah had a population of 5,366 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims of Turkmen descent.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri. — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 15 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Khalifa, Mustafa (October 2013). "The Impossible Partition of Syria" (PDF). Arab Reform Initiative. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" مجزرة تسنين – ريف حمص الشمالي / التطهير الطائفي -د. خولة الحديد. Al-Ayyam (in Arabic). 2014-03-03. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
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