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Amar al-Husn
عمار الحصن
'Amar
Amar al-Husn is located in Syria
Amar al-Husn
Amar al-Husn
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°45′18″N 36°15′53″E / 34.75500°N 36.26472°E / 34.75500; 36.26472
Land Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictNasirah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total373
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Amar al-Husn (Arabic: عمار الحصن; also known simply as 'Amar) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Amar al-Husn had a population of 373 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2] The village has an Antiochian Orthodox Church, a Greek Catholic Church and an Evangelical Presbyterian Church.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
  3. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
  4. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

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