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Al-Karimah
الكريمة | |
|---|---|
  Al-Karimah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°40′4″N 36°4′29″E / 34.66778°N 36.07472°E | |
| Country | 
Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Tartus |
| Subdistrict | Karimah |
| 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
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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