Al-Hamraa
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Al-Hamraa الحمراء Al-Hamra |
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| Village | |
 Al-Hamraa
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| Coordinates: 35°18′56″N 37°5′14″E / 35.31556°N 37.08722°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Al-Hamraa |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,783 |
Al-Hamraa (Arabic: الحمراء, also spelled al-Hamra) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northeast of Hama. Nearby localities include Jubb al-Othman to the northeast, Abu al-Thuhur to the north, Fan al-Shamali to the west, Maar Shahhur to the southwest, Salamiyah to the south and Sabburah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamraa had a population of 1,783 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and second largest locality of the al-Hamraa nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 44 localities with a collective population of 32,604 in 2004.
In 1838 al-Hamraa was classified as a khirba ("temporal village") in the District of Salamiyah. It is situated near the Qasr ibn Wardan palace.
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