Al-Mahfurah

al-Mahfurah
محفورة
al-Mahfurah is located in Syria
al-Mahfurah
al-Mahfurah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°48′51″N 36°27′7″E / 34.81417°N 36.45194°E / 34.81417; 36.45194
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictShin
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,845
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Al-Mahfurah (Arabic: محفورة) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the southwest, Suwayri to the south, Sharqliyya to the northeast, al-Qabu to the north, Fahel to the northwest and Rabah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mahfurah had a population of 1,845 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181