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Muzayraa (, '''Mzera'a or Mazirah') is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa nahiyah'' ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a c

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Locality
القويقة
Region
محافظة اللاذقية
Country
سوريا
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Muzayraa
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.official_name
Mazirah
Settlement.other_name
Mzeraa
Settlement.native_name
مزيرعة
Settlement.pushpin_map
Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Syria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Latakia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
al-Haffah
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Muzayraa
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Muzayraa (, '''Mzera'a or Mazirah') is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa nahiyah'' ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a collective population of 13,908 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.

On 14 December 2024, former members of the Syrian Arab Army launched an attack in the settlement on Sham Corps members affiliated with the Syrian transitional government. The incident represents the first clash of its kind since the collapse of the Assad regime.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muzayraa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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