Al-Ziyarah

Al-Ziyarah
الزيارة
Zeyareh
Town
Al-Ziyarah is located in Syria
Al-Ziyarah
Al-Ziyarah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°41′21″N 36°20′18″E / 35.68917°N 36.33833°E / 35.68917; 36.33833
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictAl-Suqaylabiyah
SubdistrictAl-Ziyarah
Occupation Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,541
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Ziyarah (Arabic: الزيارة, also spelled Zeyareh) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 75 kilometers northwest of Hama. It is situated in the Ghab plain, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River.[1] Nearby localities include Qarqur 7 kilometers to the north, Sirmaniyah to the northwest, Qastun to the east and Farikah, Khirbet al-Arus and al-Amqiyah Tahta to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Ziyarah had a population of 3,541 in the 2004 census. It is also the center of the Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah ("subdistrict"), part of the Al-Suqaylabiyah District, consisting of 25 localities and with a combined population of 38,872 in 2004.[2]

  1. ^ Lipinsky, 2000, p. 276.
  2. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)