Shayrat

Village in Homs, Syria
Shayrat
الشعيرات
Sha'irat
Village
34°29′34″N 36°56′47″E / 34.49278°N 36.94639°E / 34.49278; 36.94639
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictAl-Riqama
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,443
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code031

Shayrat (Arabic: الشعيرات, romanized: ash-Shuʿayrāt, also spelled Sha'irat) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs on the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Dardaghan to the west, al-Manzul and al-Riqama to the northwest, Sadad to the south and al-Hamrat to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shayrat had a population of 1,443 in the 2004 census.[1] Shayrat had been classified as an abandoned village or khirba by English scholar Eli Smith in 1838.[2]

Shayrat is near Shayrat Air Base.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 175.
  3. ^ Syrian Airfields. Global Security.

Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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