Al-Karimah

Al-Karimah
الكريمة
Town
Al-Karimah is located in Syria
Al-Karimah
Al-Karimah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°40′4″N 36°4′29″E / 34.66778°N 36.07472°E / 34.66778; 36.07472
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictTartus
SubdistrictKarimah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
3,461

Al-Karimah (Arabic: الكريمة; also spelled Karto al-Karimeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located in the Akkar Plain just north of the border with Lebanon and southeast of al-Hamidiyah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Karimah had a population of 3,461 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Karimah Subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 17,271.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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