Gharnatah

Gharnatah غرناطة Ghajar Amir
Village
Gharnatah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°ECoordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Rastan
Subdistrict	Rastan
Population (2004)
• Total	5,366
Time zone	EET (UTC+3)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)

Gharnatah (Arabic: غرناطة‎‎, also known as Ghajar Amir) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Gharnatah had a population of 5,366 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims of Turkmen descent.^[2][3]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (Arabic)
2. Khalifa, Mustafa (October 2013). "The Impossible Partition of Syria" (PDF). Arab Reform Initiative. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2013.
3. "مجزرة تسنين – ريف حمص الشمالي / التطهير الطائفي -د. خولة الحديد". Al-Ayyam (in Arabic). 2014-03-03.