Gharnatah

Gharnatah
غرناطة
Ghajar Amir
Village
Gharnatah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°E / 34.89583; 36.68444Coordinates: 34°53′45″N 36°41′4″E / 34.89583°N 36.68444°E / 34.89583; 36.68444
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]

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