Al-Hamrat

Al-Hamrat
الحمرات
Al-Hamrat
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′20″N 36°53′21″E / 34.45556°N 36.88917°E / 34.45556; 36.88917
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictRiqama
Population
 (2004)
  Total
1,624
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)+3

Al-Hamrat (Arabic: الحمرات, romanized: al-Ḥamrāt) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is situated in a plain along the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include the subdistrict center of al-Riqama to the north, Shayrat to the northeast, Sadad to the south, Hisyah to the southwest and Jandar to the northwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamrat had a population of 1,624 in the 2004 census. It has Syria's only Spoonbill breeding colony.