Amar al-Husn

Amar al-Husn

عمار الحصن
Amar al-Husn عمار الحصن
Village
	'Amar
	Amar al-Husn Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 34°45′18″N 36°15′53″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Talkalakh
Subdistrict	Nasirah
Population (2004)
• Total	373
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Amar al-Husn (Arabic: عمار الحصن; also known simply as 'Amar) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Amar al-Husn had a population of 373 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2] The village has an Antiochian Orthodox Church, a Greek Catholic Church and an Evangelical Presbyterian Church.[3][4]

References

"General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
"الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
"الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

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[1] "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[2] Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182

[3] "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

[4] "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".