Halfaya
Sign in to saveHalfaya (, also spelled Helfaya) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located about 25 kilometers northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Mahardah and Shaizar to the west, al-Lataminah and Kafr Zita to the north, Taybat al-Imam and Suran to the east, Khitab and Qamhana to the southeast, Tayzin to the south and Maarzaf to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Halfaya had a population of 21,180 in the 2004 census. It is the largest locality in the Mahardah Subdistrict, which contained 21 localities with a combined po
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Vinony files it under Populated places in Maharda District and Towns in Hama Governorate.
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Place details
- Locality
- حلفايا
- Region
- محافظة حماة
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 23,403
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Halfaya
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- town
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- مدينة_حلفايا.jpg
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- Syria
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- bottom
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- 250
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- Location in Syria
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hama
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mahardah
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mahardah
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- Metric
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.population_total
- 21,180
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Halfaya (, also spelled Helfaya) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located about 25 kilometers northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Mahardah and Shaizar to the west, al-Lataminah and Kafr Zita to the north, Taybat al-Imam and Suran to the east, Khitab and Qamhana to the southeast, Tayzin to the south and Maarzaf to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Halfaya had a population of 21,180 in the 2004 census. It is the largest locality in the Mahardah Subdistrict, which contained 21 localities with a combined population of 80,165 in 2004.
==History== In 1838, Halfaya was classified by scholar Eli Smith as a Sunni Muslim village.
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