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Al-Haffah (Arabic: ٱلْحَفَّة, romanized: al-Ḥaffah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively belonging to the Latakia Governorate, located 33 kilometres (21 miles) east of Latakia. It is the centre of al-Haffah District, one of the four districts (mantiqah) of the Latakia Goverorate. Located at an average height of 310 metres (1,020 feet) above sea level, al-Haffa's population was 4,298 in 2004 according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Together with the surrounding villages in the al-Haffa subdistrict (nahiya) greater al-Haffa had a population of 23,347.[1] Half of the town's inhabitants are Sunni Muslim,[2] about 40% are Alawite, while Christians constitute about 10% of the population. The communities have lived together in al-Haffah for centuries.[3]

Al-Haffah
ٱلْحَفَّة
Town
Landscape near Al-Haffah
Al-Haffah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°35′55″N 36°2′6″E
Country Syria
GovernorateLatakia
Districtal-Haffah
Subdistrictal-Haffah
Elevation
310 m (1,020 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
  Town4,298
  Metro
23,347
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The residents of al-Haffa are largely involved in agriculture. The town produces many types of fruits such as olive, fig, pomegranate, apple and pear.


History


Al-Haffa is surrounded with mountains and located just 7 km to the west of Salah Ed-Din Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area has an ancient history starting with the settlement of the Phoenicians. Later on, it became a strategic point for the invading Crusaders.

Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi visited al-Haffah in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule, and noted that it was a district to the west of Halab (Aleppo), comprising many villages. The cloths called Haffiyyah come from here ..."[4]

In 1919 al-Haffah was part of the mini-revolt led by Umar al-Bitar in the Sahyun region of which al-Haffah was the center.[5] Around this time, it joined the revolt of Saleh al-Ali which was in alliance with al-Bitar.[6]


References


  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Morris, Loveday. Fears grow of new massacre as UN warns of civil war in Syria. The Independent. 2012-06-13. Retrieved on 2012-06-13.
  3. Balanche, 2006, p. 88.
  4. le Strange, 1890, p. 445.
  5. Choueiri, 1993, p. 19.
  6. Moosa, 1987, p. 283.

Bibliography



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- [en] Al-Haffah

[ru] Хаффа

Хаффа (араб. الحفة‎) — город в Сирии.



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