Murayj al-Durr

Murayj al-Durr
مرج الدر
Mraij ad-Durr
Merzhidor
Village
Murayj al-Durr is located in Syria
Murayj al-Durr
Murayj al-Durr
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°56′46″N 36°46′17″E / 34.94611°N 36.77139°E / 34.94611; 36.77139
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictAl-Rastan
SubdistrictAl-Rastan
Population
 (2004)
 • Total295
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Murayj al-Durr (Arabic: مرج الدر; Adyghe: Хъосай Къуадж [χʷasaːj qʷaːd͡ʒ] pronounced Merzhidor, also spelled Mraij ad-Durr, Murij al-Durr) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northeast of Homs and southeast of Hama, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River. Nearby localities include the district center al-Rastan to the west, Ghor al-Assi to the north (opposite side of the Orontes), Izz al-Din to the west and al-Zaafaraniyah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Murayj al-Durr had a population of 295 in the 2004 census, making it one of the smallest localities in the al-Rastan nahiyah ("subdistrict").[1] Most of its inhabitants are Circassians.[2]

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Douwes16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).