Al-Mahfurah

al-Mahfurah محفورة
Village
al-Mahfurah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°48′51″N 36°27′7″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Homs
Subdistrict	Shin
Population  (2004)
• Total	1,845
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Al-Mahfurah (Arabic: محفورة) is a village in western Syria located northwest Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the southwest, Suwayri to the south, Sharqliyya to the northeast, al-Qabu to the north, Fahel to the northwest and Rabah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mahfurah had a population of 1,845 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.