Bahhur
Bahhur is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bahhur had a population of 108 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Buḩūr”, “Mqaabara”, “Mqaabra”, “Muqa‘barah”, and “Muqa`barah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Mizaina and Al-Hawash.
Al-Mizaina
Village
Mizyeneh or Mazyanah is a small Greek Orthodox Christian village located in Western Syria close to the Lebanese borders and administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate. Al-Mizaina is situated 6 km southwest of Bahhur.
Al-Hawash
Village
Photo: Micheloo, Public domain.
Al-Hawash is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Husn and Marmarita to the west, Shin to the east and Talkalakh to the southwest. Al-Hawash is situated 8 km southwest of Bahhur.
An-Nasra
Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north. An-Nasra is situated 9 km west of Bahhur.
Bahhur
- Categories: village and populated place in Syria
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bahhur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحور”
- Arabic: “مقعبرة”
- Dutch: “Bahhur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحور”
- Persian: “بحور، سوریه”
- Persian: “بحور”
- Polish: “Bahhur”
- Polish: “Buhur”
- Vietnamese: “Bahhur”
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