Kafra

Kafra is a village in northern located west of in the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafra had a population of 909 in the 2004 census.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 909 residents
  • Description: village in Homs, Syria
  • Also known as: “Kafra, Homs”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers and St George Monastery.

Photo: (Ergo), CC BY 2.0.
located near in is widely recognised as the archetypal Crusader castle. Described by T.E. Lawrence as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world", this somewhat isolated site is located magnificently and is, indeed, extremely well-preserved.

Church
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Georges is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery in the village of in the "Valley of the Christians", belonging to the in northwestern , the place located just a few kilometers north of the famous castle .

Work of art
Photo: أفرام, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lady of the Valley is a Marian shrine inaugurated on 16 August 2009, located in , Wadi al-Nasara in . The statue is built near the Lady of the Valley Church on top of Mount of the Pilgrim, which is dedicated to Saint George.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marmarita and Al-Mishtaya.

Village
Photo: Famaty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in northwestern , located west of Homs. is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara, a region north of .

Village
is a village in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of and north of the border with .

Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of . Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, 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, to the northeast, Hadeih and to the north.

Kafra

Latitude
34.77871° or 34° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
36.27128° or 36° 16′ 17″ east
Population
909
Open location code
8G6RQ7HC+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572549804
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q111165757
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Kafra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفرا”
  • Arabic: “كفرة”
  • French: “Kafra”
  • German: “Kafra”
  • Russian: “Кафра”

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