Al-Hamraa

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Al-Hamraa
الحمراء
Al-Hamra
Village
Al-Hamraa is located in Syria
Al-Hamraa
Al-Hamraa
Location in Syria
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Country  Syria
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.[1]

In 1838 al-Hamraa was classified as a khirba ("temporal village") in the District of Salamiyah.[2] It is situated near the Qasr ibn Wardan palace.

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  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 178.