Al-Hamraa الحمراء Al-Hamra | |
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Village | |
  Al-Hamraa Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°18′56″N37°5′14″E / 35.31556°N 37.08722°E /35.31556; 37.08722 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | al-Hamraa |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,783 |
Al-Hamraa (Arabic:الحمراء, also spelledal-Hamra) is a village in northwesternSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate, located northeast ofHama. Nearby localities includeJubb 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 andSabburah to the southeast. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamraa had a population of 1,783 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative centre and second-largest locality of the al-Hamraanahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 44 localities with a collective population of 32,604 in 2004.[1]
In 1838 al-Hamraa was classified as akhirba ("temporal village") in the District ofSalamiyah.[2] It is situated near theQasr ibn Wardan palace.
