Mahrusah محروسة Mahrousa | |
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Village | |
  Mahrusah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°09′42″N36°24′18″E / 35.161740°N 36.405087°E /35.161740; 36.405087 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Masyaf |
| Subdistrict | Jubb Ramlah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 6,579 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mahrusah (Arabic:محروسة, also spelledMahrousa) is a village in northernSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate, located west ofHama. Nearby localities includeJubb Ramlah to the north,Hanjur andAsilah to the northeast,Maarin to the east,Deir al-Salib to the southeast,Rabu to the south,Masyaf to the southwest andDeir Mama andal-Laqbah to the west. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Mahrusah had a population of 6,579 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in the Jubb Ramlah subdistrict which consisted of 20 localities with a collective population of 39,814 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.[2]
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