Amar al-Husn
Amar al-Husn عمار الحصن | |
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'Amar | |
Coordinates: 34°45′18″N 36°15′53″E / 34.75500°N 36.26472°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Homs |
District | Talkalakh |
Subdistrict | Nasirah |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 373 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Amar al-Husn (Arabic: عمار الحصن; also known simply as 'Amar) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Amar al-Husn had a population of 373 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2] The village has an Antiochian Orthodox Church, a Greek Catholic Church and an Evangelical Presbyterian Church.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
- ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".