Kafr Zita

Kafr Zita (Arabic: كفر زيتا, romanized: Kafr Zaytā; also transliterated Kfar Zita, Kafr Zayta, Kfar Zeita, Keferzita or Kafr Zeita) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 30 kilometers (19 mi)} north of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Nabudah and al-Habit to the northwest, Khan Shaykhun to the northeast, Mork to the east, Suran to the southeast, al-Lataminah, Halfaya and Mahardah to the south, Tremseh to the southwest and Kirnaz and Hayalin. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Zita had a population of 17,052 in the 2004 census. It is also the center of a nahiyah (subdistrict), part of the Mahardah District, that consists of seven localities with a combined population of 39,032 in 2004.