Shayrat
الشعيرات
Sha'irat
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Village
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Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: 34°29′34″N 36°56′47″E / 34.49278°N 36.94639°E / 34.49278; 36.94639 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Homs |
District | Homs |
Subdistrict | Al-Riqama |
Population
(2004)
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• Total | 1,443 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Area code | 031 |
Shayrat (Arabic: الشعيرات, romanized: ash-Shuʿayrāt, also spelled Sha'irat) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs on the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Dardaghan to the west, al-Manzul and al-Riqama to the northwest, Sadad to the south and al-Hamrat to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shayrat had a population of 1,443 in the 2004 census.[1] Shayrat had been classified as an abandoned village or khirba by English scholar Eli Smith in 1838.[2]
Shayrat is near Shayrat Air Base.[3]
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