Al-Zarah
Al-Zarah
الزارة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 34°42′57″N 36°15′20″E / 34.71583°N 36.25556°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Talkalakh |
| Subdistrict | Talkalakh |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 4,336 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Zarah (Arabic: الزارة, romanized: al-Zārah, also spelled Zara) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include district center Talkalakh to the south, Aridah to the southeast, Hadidah to the east, al-Husn and Anaz to the northeast, Zweitinah to the north, Tell Hawsh to the northwest, Naarah to the west and Halat to the southwest.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Zarah had a population of 4,336 in the 2004 census. It is second largest locality in the Talkalakh nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 40 localities with a collective population of 62,069 in 2004. The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Sunni Muslims.