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Al-Nasirah, Syria

Coordinates: 34°47′16″N 36°17′9″E / 34.78778°N 36.28583°E / 34.78778; 36.28583
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Al-Nasirah
الناصرة
al-Nasra
Town
Al-Nasirah is located in Syria
Al-Nasirah
Al-Nasirah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°47′16″N 36°17′9″E / 34.78778°N 36.28583°E / 34.78778; 36.28583
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictTalkalakh
SubdistrictAl-Nasirah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total835
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Nasirah (Arabic: الناصرة, also spelled al-Nasra) is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Nasirah had a population of 835 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Nasirah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 20 localities with a collective population of 16,678 in 2004.[1] The subdistrict largely occupies an area known as Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians.") The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.[3]

Lady of the Valley, located in Wadi al-Nasara, is one of the Marian shrines in the Middle East.

References

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  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 181.
  3. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

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