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Eastern Mafkar
Sign in to saveMafkar (, also transliterated al-Mufakkir) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Barri Sharqi Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate. It is located east of Hama and north of Salamiyah. It consists of two parts, Mafkar Sharqi (East Mafkar) and Mafkar Gharbi (West Mafkar); the two parts are considered neighborhoods and sometimes, as separate villages.
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Mafkar (, also transliterated al-Mufakkir) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Barri Sharqi Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate. It is located east of Hama and north of Salamiyah. It consists of two parts, Mafkar Sharqi (East Mafkar) and Mafkar Gharbi (West Mafkar); the two parts are considered neighborhoods and sometimes, as separate villages.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mafkar Sharqi had a population of 802 and Mafkar Gharbi had a population of 803 in the 2004 census. The inhabitants are predominantly Ismaili Shia Muslims.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Mafkar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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