Al-Bitar
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- Syria
- Located in
- Mashta Elhiu Subdistrict
- Elevation
- +700
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Al-Bitar () is a village in the Tartus Governorate nesting at one of the Coastal Mountain Range peaks at an altitude of about 1000m above mean sea level. Al-Bitar is located about 7 km from Mashta al-Helu town and resort, 60 km from Homs, 50 km from Tartus and about 215 km from the capital city Damascus. The village itself elevates about 700m above mean sea level, while some of its peaks reaches 1000m. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bitar had a population of 1,225 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians, of the Greek Orthodox Church.