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Al-Buraq, Syria

Al-Buraq
البراق
Burak
Village
Al-Buraq is located in Syria
Al-Buraq
Al-Buraq
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°02′03″N 36°47′40″E / 35.034213°N 36.794329°E / 35.034213; 36.794329Coordinates: 35°02′03″N 36°47′40″E / 35.034213°N 36.794329°E / 35.034213; 36.794329
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Hama
Subdistrict Hama
Population (2004)
 • Total 3,235
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Al-Buraq (Arabic: البراق‎‎, also spelled Burak or Braq) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southeast of Hama. Nearby localities include Ayyubiyah and Nisrin to the west, Maarin al-Jabal to the northwest, Surayhin to the north, al-Jinan to the northeast, Taqsis to the southeast and Tell Qartal to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Buraq had a population of 3,235 in the 2004 census.

In 1838 al-Buraq was classified as khirba ("ruined village.") During the ongoing Syrian civil war, in early February 2013, a reported bombing at a bus stop in the village killed 54 people, all civilians who worked at a nearby military non-lethal supplies factory. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.


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