Al-Buraq البراق Burak | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Buraq Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°02′03″N36°47′40″E / 35.034213°N 36.794329°E /35.034213; 36.794329 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3,235 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Buraq (Arabic:البراق, also spelledBurak orBraq) is a village in northernSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate, located southeast ofHama. Nearby localities includeAyyubiyah andNisrin to the west,Maarin al-Jabal to the northwest,Surayhin to the north,al-Jinan to the northeast,Taqsis to the southeast andTell Qartal to the south. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Buraq had a population of 3,235 in the 2004 census.[1]
In 1838 al-Buraq was classified askhirba ("ruined village.")[2] During the ongoingSyrian civil war, in early February 2013, a reported bombing at a bus stop in the village killed 54 people, all civilians who worked at a nearby military non-lethal supplies factory. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.[3]
