Al-Hamraa
Sign in to saveAl-Hamraa (, also spelled al-Hamra) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northeast of Hama. Nearby localities include Jubb al-Othman to the northeast, Abu al-Thuhur to the north, Fan al-Shamali to the west, Maar Shahhur to the southwest, Salamiyah to the south and Sabburah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamraa had a population of 1,783 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative centre and second-largest locality of the al-Hamraa nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 44 localities with
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- Official name
- الحمراء
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Al-Hamraa Subdistrict
- Population
- +1783
- Elevation
- +508
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Al-Hamraa (, also spelled al-Hamra) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northeast of Hama. Nearby localities include Jubb al-Othman to the northeast, Abu al-Thuhur to the north, Fan al-Shamali to the west, Maar Shahhur to the southwest, Salamiyah to the south and Sabburah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamraa had a population of 1,783 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative centre and second-largest locality of the al-Hamraa nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 44 localities with a collective population of 32,604 in 2004.
In 1838 al-Hamraa was classified as a khirba ("temporal village") in the District of Salamiyah. It is situated near the Qasr ibn Wardan palace.