Farikah

This article is about the village in northern Syria. For the Middle Eastern dish, see Freekeh.
Farikah
فريكة
Furaykah
Village
Farikah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°34′30″N 36°16′13″E / 35.57500°N 36.27028°E / 35.57500; 36.27028Coordinates: 35°34′30″N 36°16′13″E / 35.57500°N 36.27028°E / 35.57500; 36.27028
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Al-Suqaylabiyah
Subdistrict Shathah
Population (2004)
  Total 2,497

Farikah (Arabic: فريكة, also spelled Frikka, Freikeh or Furaykah) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located north of Hama. It is situated in the Ghab plain. Nearby localities include Shathah and Nabl al-Khatib to the south, al-Amqiyah Tahta and al-Ankawi to the east, al-Ziyarah to the northeast and Sirmaniyah to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Farikah had a population of 2,497 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

Government forces and rebels contested Farikah throughout July 2015.[3]

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