Nabe Karkar

Nabe Karkar
نبع كركر
Village
Nabe Karkar is located in Syria
Nabe Karkar
Nabe Karkar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°50′40″N 36°14′53″E / 34.84444°N 36.24806°E / 34.84444; 36.24806
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictSafita
SubdistrictMashta al-Helu
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
273
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Nabe Karkar (نبع كركر; also spelled Naba'a Kerker) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Safita District of the Tartous Governorate.

The anthropologist Fabrice Balanche noted that Nabe Karkar's population declined significantly between 1960 and 1994, from 220 inhabitants to 70.[2] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nabe Karkar had a population of 273 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ a b Balanche 2000, p. 262.

Sources

  • Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.