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Al-Haffah
ٱلْحَفَّة | |
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Town | |
 Landscape near Al-Haffah | |
  Al-Haffah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°35′55″N 36°2′6″E / 35.59861°N 36.03500°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| District | al-Haffah |
| Subdistrict | al-Haffah |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Town | 4,298 |
| • Metro | 23,347 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Haffah (Arabic: ٱلْحَفَّة, romanized: al-Ḥaffah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively belonging to the Latakia Governorate, located 33 kilometres (21 miles) east of Latakia. It is the centre of al-Haffah District, one of the four districts (mantiqah) of the Latakia Goverorate. Located at an average height of 310 metres (1,020 feet) above sea level, al-Haffa's population was 4,298 in 2004 according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Together with the surrounding villages in the al-Haffa subdistrict (nahiya) greater al-Haffa had a population of 23,347.[1] Half of the town's inhabitants are Sunni Muslim,[2] about 40% are Alawite, while Christians constitute about 10% of the population. The communities have lived together in al-Haffah for centuries.[3]
The residents of al-Haffa are largely involved in agriculture. The town produces many types of fruits such as olive, fig, pomegranate, apple and pear.
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Morris, Loveday. Fears grow of new massacre as UN warns of civil war in Syria. The Independent. 2012-06-13. Retrieved on 2012-06-13.
- ^ Balanche, 2006, p. 88.
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