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Khirbet al Faras

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Tartus

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code
  
43

Governorate
  
Tartus

Subdistrict
  
Tartus

Local time
  
Monday 7:39 AM

Khirbet al-Faras

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SW at 27 km/h, 87% Humidity

Khirbat Al Faras (Arabic: خربة الفرس‎‎) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Tartus Governorate located in the Khawabi region, its distance from city of Tartus about 20 km. Khirbat Al Faras has an altitude of 300 meters and surrounded by two rivers. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Khirbet al-Faras had a population of 1,113 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites, although there is an Ismaili minority.

Map of Khirbet Alfaras, Syria

References

Khirbet al-Faras Wikipedia