Hallet Ara حلة عارا | |
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Village | |
  Hallet Ara Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°19′43″N36°8′32″E / 35.32861°N 36.14222°E /35.32861; 36.14222 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| District | Jableh District |
| Subdistrict | Beit Yashout |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,015 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3664 |
Hallet Ara (Arabic:حلة عارا) is aSyrian village in theJableh District inLatakia Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hallet Ara had a population of 1,015 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants areAlawites. The village is built across a steepescarpment above the Hallet Ara valley. It was among the Alawite villages that revolted or resistedOttoman authority in the period immediately following theOttoman conquest of Syria in 1517.[2] By 1547, the village was recorded to have paid 472dirhems orpiasters and its inhabitants were classified as part of the AlawiteKalbiyya tribal confederation.[3]
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