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Al-Mahfurah

al-Mahfurah
محفورة
Village
al-Mahfurah is located in Syria
al-Mahfurah
al-Mahfurah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°48′51″N 36°27′7″E / 34.81417°N 36.45194°E / 34.81417; 36.45194
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Homs
Subdistrict Shin
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,845
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Al-Mahfurah (Arabic: محفورة‎‎) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Shin to the southwest, Suwayri to the south, Sharqliyya to the northeast, al-Qabu to the north, Fahel to the northwest and Rabah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mahfurah had a population of 1,845 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.



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