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Gharnatah

Coordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°E / 34.89583; 36.68444
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Gharnatah
غرناطة
al-Ghajar
Village
Gharnatah is located in Syria
Gharnatah
Gharnatah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°E / 34.89583; 36.68444
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictRastan
SubdistrictRastan
Population
 (2004)
 • Total5,366
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Gharnatah (Arabic: غرناطة, romanizedal-Gharnātah) or al-Ghajar (Arabic: الغجر, romanizedal-Ghājar also known as Ghajar Amir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Gharnatah had a population of 5,366 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims of Turkmen descent.[2]

References

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  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Khalifa, Mustafa (October 2013). "The Impossible Partition of Syria" (PDF). Arab Reform Initiative. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2013.