Al-Karimah

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Al-Karimah
الكريمة
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Al-Karimah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°40′4″N36°4′29″E / 34.66778°N 36.07472°E / 34.66778; 36.07472 Coordinates: 34°40′4″N36°4′29″E / 34.66778°N 36.07472°E / 34.66778; 36.07472
CountryFlag of Syria.svg  Syria
Governorate Tartus
District Tartus
Subdistrict Karimah
Population (2004)
  Total 3,461

Al-Karimah (Arabic : الكريمة; also spelled Karto al-Karimeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located in the Akkar Plain just north of the border with Lebanon and southeast of al-Hamidiyah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Karimah had a population of 3,461 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Karimah Subdistrict ( nahiyah ) which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 17,271. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. [2]

Syria Country in Western Asia

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Tartus Governorate Governorate in Syria

Tartus Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Lebanon to the south, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Latakia Governorate to the north, and Homs and Hama Governorates to the east. It is one of the few governorates in Syria that has an Alawite majority. Sources list the area as 1,890 km² or 1,892 km². The governorate has a population of 785,000. The capital is Tartus.

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