Muzayraa

Muzayraa (Arabic: مزيرعة‎, Mzera'a or Mazirah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa nahiyah ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a collective population of 13,908 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants predominantly Christians.[2]

Muzayraa مزيرعة Mzeraa
Town
Mazirah
Muzayraa Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°31′52″N 36°4′16″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Latakia
District	al-Haffah
Subdistrict	Muzayraa
Population  (2004)
• Total	834
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Balanche, 2006, p. 44.

Bibliography

• Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.