Al-Haffah

Town in Latakia, Syria

Al-Haffah

ٱلْحَفَّة

Town

Landscape near Al-Haffah

Al-Haffah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°35′55″N 36°2′6″E﻿ / ﻿35.59861°N 36.03500°E﻿ / 35.59861; 36.03500
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Latakia
District| al-Haffah
Subdistrict| al-Haffah
Elevation

| 310 m (1,020 ft)
Population

(2004 census)

• Town| 4,298
• Metro

| 23,347
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

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]

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

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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

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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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* Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
* Choueiri, Youssef M. (1993). State and society in Syria and Lebanon. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 085989410X.
* Moosa, Matti (1987). Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2411-5.
* le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

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* Ras al-Ayn
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Al-Haffah District

* Al-Jandiriyah
* Al-Haffah
* Aramo
* Ayn al-Tineh
* Brouma
* Difa
* Duwayrika
* Kabani
* Kinsabba
* Muzayraa
* Salma
* Slinfah
* Tauma
* Zanqufa

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* Bayt Suhin
* Bhamra
* Bishalama
* Bisrama
* Harf al-Musaytirah
* Istamo
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