Al-Mushrifah
| Al-Mushrifah المشرفة Al-Mishirfeh | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Al-Mushrifah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°50′04″N 36°51′03″E / 34.834479°N 36.850971°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Ayn al-Niser |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 14,868 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
Al-Mushrifah (Arabic: المشرفة, also spelled al-Mishirfeh, el-Mishrife or Musharrfeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northeast of Homs. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Niser, Umm al-Amad and al-Mukharram to the east, al-Sukhnah to the south and Talbiseh, al-Ghantu and Teir Maalah to the west. Outside the modern town is Tell el-Mishrife, the site of the ancient city-state of Qatna.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mushrifah had a population of 14,868 in the 2004 census.[1] It has a religiously mixed population of Sunni Muslims, Alawites and Christians. The village contains several mosques and two churches.[2]
In the 1950s, under the influence of the Syrian Communist Party, some of the peasants of al-Mushrifah rose against their landlord by seizing his harvest.[3]
References
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ Halabi, Alaa (2015-01-04). "Battles continue in Homs countryside". As-Safir (Al-Monitor).
- ↑ Batatu, 1999, p. 121.
Bibliography
- Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691002541.
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