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'''Al-Karimah''' ({{lang-ar|الكريمة}}; also spelled ''Karto al-Karimeh'') is a small town in northwestern [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Tartus Governorate]]. It is located in the [[Akkar|Akkar Plain]] just north of the [[Lebanon–Syria border|border with Lebanon]] and southeast of [[al-Hamidiyah]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), al-Karimah had a population of 3,461 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Karimah Subdistrict (''[[nahiyah]]'') which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 17,271.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |archive-url= |archivedate= |language= |accessdate= 2014-07-10}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Alawites]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}}</ref>
'''Al-Karimah''' ({{langx|ar|الكريمة}}; also spelled ''Karto al-Karimeh'') is a small town in northwestern [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Tartus Governorate]]. It is located in the [[Akkar|Akkar Plain]] just north of the [[Lebanon–Syria border|border with Lebanon]] and southeast of [[al-Hamidiyah]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), al-Karimah had a population of 3,461 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Karimah Subdistrict (''[[nahiyah]]'') which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 17,271.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |archive-url= |archivedate= |language= |accessdate= 2014-07-10}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Alawites]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 10:21, 31 October 2024

Al-Karimah
الكريمة
Al-Karimah is located in Syria
Al-Karimah
Al-Karimah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°40′4″N 36°4′29″E / 34.66778°N 36.07472°E / 34.66778; 36.07472
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictTartus
SubdistrictKarimah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
3,461

Al-Karimah (Arabic: الكريمة; also spelled Karto al-Karimeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located in the Akkar Plain just north of the border with Lebanon and southeast of al-Hamidiyah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Karimah had a population of 3,461 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Karimah Subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 17,271.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.