Kafr Zita

Kafr Zita
كفر زيتا
Kafr Zayta
Town
Kafr Zita, in 2013
Kafr Zita, in 2013
Kafr Zita is located in Syria
Kafr Zita
Kafr Zita
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°22′25″N 36°36′6″E / 35.37361°N 36.60167°E / 35.37361; 36.60167
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictMahardah
SubdistrictKafr Zita
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
17,052
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kafr Zita (Arabic: كفر زيتا, romanizedKafr Zaytā, also spelled Kfar Zita, Kafr Zayta, Kfar Zeita, Keferzita or Kafr Zeita) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 30 kilometers north of Hama.[1] Nearby localities include Kafr Nabudah and al-Habit to the northwest, Khan Shaykhun to the northeast, Mork to the east, Suran to the southeast, al-Lataminah, Halfaya and Mahardah to the south, Tremseh to the southwest and Kirnaz and Hayalin. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Zita had a population of 17,052 in the 2004 census. It is also the center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict"), part of the Mhardeh District, that consists of seven localities with a combined population of 39,032 in 2004.[2]

  1. ^ "Kfar Zita - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
  2. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)