Halfaya
Halfaya is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located about 25 kilometers northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Mahardah and Shaizar to the west, al-Lataminah and Kafr Zita to the north, Taybat al-Imam and Suran to the east, Khitab and Qamhana to the southeast, Tayzin to the south and Maarzaf to the southeast.Photo: Ayham.Alkasim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 21,200 residents
- Description: village in Hama Governorate, Syria
- Also known as: “Helfeya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maharda and Khitab.
Maharda
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maharda is a Christian city in western Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located about 23 kilometers northwest of Hama. It is situated along the Orontes River, near the Ghab plain.
Khitab
Town
Photo: Ayham.Alkasim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khattab is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, northwest of Hama located near the Orontes River. Nearby localities include Qamhana to the east, Shihat Hama to the southeast, Kafr al-Tun to the southwest, al-Majdal to the west, Mhardeh and Halfaya to the northwest and Taybat al-Imam to the northeast. Khitab is situated 9 km southeast of Halfaya.
Al-Zakah
Village
Al-Zakah is a Syrian town located in the Kafr Zita Subdistrict of the Mahardah District in Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Zakah had a population of 1,771 in the 2004 census. Al-Zakah is situated 9 km north of Halfaya.
Halfaya
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Mhardeh District, Hama Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.26103° or 35° 15′ 40″ northLongitude
36.60666° or 36° 36′ 24″ eastPopulation
21,200Elevation
301 metres (988 feet)Open location code
8G7R7J64+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 571171474OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
170044Wikidata ID
Q1704164
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Halfaya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حلفايا”
- Catalan: “Halfaya”
- Cebuano: “Ḩalfāyā”
- Czech: “Halfaja”
- Dutch: “Halfaya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حلفايا”
- French: “Halfaia”
- German: “Halfaja”
- Hebrew: “חלפאיא”
- Japanese: “ハルファーヤー”
- Japanese: “ハルファヤ”
- Korean: “할파야”
- Persian: “حلفایا”
- Polish: “Halfaja”
- Russian: “Халфая”
- Russian: “Хальфая”
- Spanish: “Halfaya”
- Swedish: “Ḩalfāyā”
- Vietnamese: “Halfaya”
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