Hirbnafsah

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Hirbnafsah
حر بنفسه
Harb Nafseh[1] ( حربنفسه )
Town
Hirbnafsah is located in Syria
Hirbnafsah
Hirbnafsah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°56′14″N 36°37′18″E / 34.93722°N 36.62167°E / 34.93722; 36.62167
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictHirbnafsah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,574

Hirbnafsah (Arabic: حر بنفسه, romanizedHīrbnafseh, also spelled Harb Nafseh) or Harbanafsah (Turkish: Hırbınefsıh,[1] Arabic: حربنفسه, romanizedHīrbīnafsīh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Deir al-Fardis to the north, Tumin and al-Rastan to the east, Kisin and Kafr Nan to the south, Talaf to the southwest, . According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hirbnafsah had a population of 3,574 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and sixth largest locality of the Hirbnafsah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 26 localities with a collective population of 54,592.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

The Syria geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi mentioned that Hirbnafsah was "a village of Hims" when he visited in 1225 during Ayyubid rule.[4]

During the ongoing Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, opposition sources claimed that 40 people in Hirbnafsa were killed as a result of Syrian Army and pro-government militia bombardment on 6 August 2012. Other opposition accounts put the fatality figure at 11, including five children.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri. — Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 18 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
  2. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  3. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 178.
  4. ^ le Strange, 1890, p. 448.
  5. ^ Syria TV 'hit by bomb attack' in Damascus. BBC News. 2012-08-06.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • le Strange, Guy (1890), Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500, Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund