Zira’a
Zira'a is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated on a hill just east of the Orontes River, nearby localities include Rableh to the immediate southwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Jandar to the northeast and Hisyah to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,250 residents
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Zar’a”, “Zara‘a”, “Zarrâa”, “Zerā‘a”, “Zerraa”, “Zirā‘ah”, “Zira`ah”, and “Zirhagh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Riblah.
Riblah
Archaeological site
The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan. Riblah is situated 3½ km southwest of Zira’a.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Qusayr.
Al-Qusayr
Town
Al-Qusayr is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about 35 kilometers south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometres to the southwest. Al-Qusayr is situated 6 km north of Zira’a.
Zira’a
- Categories: populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.45632° or 34° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
36.57735° or 36° 34′ 38″ eastPopulation
2,250Elevation
534 metres (1,752 feet)Open location code
8G6RFH4G+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 573532848OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
162421Wikidata ID
Q12188069
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