Kafr Zita
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Kafr Zita كفر زيتا Kafr Zayta |
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 Kafr Zita
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| Coordinates: 35°22′25″N 36°36′6″E / 35.37361°N 36.60167°ECoordinates: 35°22′25″N 36°36′6″E / 35.37361°N 36.60167°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Mahardah |
| Subdistrict | Kafr Zita |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 17,052 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Kafr Zita (Arabic: كفر زيتا, also spelled Kfar Zita, Kafr Zayta, Kfar Zeita, Keferzita or Kafr Zeita) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 30 kilometers north of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Nabudah and al-Habit to the northwest, Khan Shaykhun to the northeast, Mork to the east, Suran to the southeast, al-Lataminah, Halfaya and Mahardah to the south, Tremseh to the southwest and Kirnaz and Hayalin. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Zita had a population of 17,052 in the 2004 census. It is also the center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict"), part of the Mhardeh District, that consists of seven localities with a combined population of 39,032 in 2004.
The ruins of a church dating to the Byzantine period in the 5th-century are located in Kafr Zita.
In the late Ottoman era between the 18th-19th centuries, the residents of Kafr Zita, which at that time was one of the largest villages in the area north of the Orontes River, were regularly in arrears for tax payment and had to obtain financial assistance.
During the period of the French Mandate in Syria, Kafr Zita, like many of the surrounding localities, was organized as a collective farming village. In 1975 the nahiyahs ("subdistricts") of Kafr Zita and Mhardeh were joined together to form the mantiqah ("district") of Mhardeh, with the latter as capital.
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