Al-Karimah
Town in northwestern Syria
Town in Tartus, Syria
Al-Karimah الكريمة | |
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34°40′4″N 36°4′29″E / 34.66778°N 36.07472°E / 34.66778; 36.07472 | |
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Governorate | Tartus |
District | Tartus |
Subdistrict | Karimah |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3,461 |
Al-Karimah (Arabic: الكريمة; also spelled Karto al-Karimeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located in the Akkar Plain just north of the border with Lebanon and southeast of al-Hamidiyah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Karimah had a population of 3,461 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Karimah Subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 17,271.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
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Capital: Tartus
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