Mharda

Maharda (, ; also transliterated Mhardeh, Muhardah, Mahardah or Mharda) is a Christian city in western Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located about 23 kilometers northwest of Hama. It is situated along the Orontes River, near the Ghab plain. Nearby localities include Halfaya and Taybat al-Imam to the east, Khitab to the southeast, Maarzaf to the south, Asilah and Jubb Ramlah to the southwest, Shaizar, Safsafiyah, Tremseh and Kafr Hud to the west and Kafr Zita and al-Lataminah to the north.

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Place details

Locality: محردة
Region: محافظة حماة
Country: سوريا
Population: 17,578

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Maharda
Settlement.native_name: محردة
Settlement.other_name: Maharda, Mahardah, Muharda, Mharada, Mahardeh, Muhardeh, Mhardeh, Mharda
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Ancient Roman bridge in Maharda.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ancient Roman bridge in Maharda
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hama
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mahardah
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Mahardah

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Wikidata facts

Official name: محردة
Population: 17578
Elevation: 280
Image: Ancient Roman bridge in Maharda.jpg

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native label: محردة
Commons category: Mahardah

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History
Ottoman period
Post-Syrian independence
Syrian civil war
Notable people
See also
References
Bibliography

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maharda had a population of 17,578 in the 2004 census. It is the center of Mahardah District, one of the Hama Governorate's five districts, and the nahiyah ("subdistrict") of Maharda, which contained 21 localities with a combined population of 80,165 in 2004. Maharda's population was estimated to be 22,442 in 2010. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians of the Greek Orthodox Church.