Al-Buraq
البراق
Burak
Village
Al-Buraq is located in Syria
Al-Buraq
Al-Buraq
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°02′03″N 36°47′40″E / 35.034213°N 36.794329°E / 35.034213; 36.794329
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictHama
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,235
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Buraq (Arabic: البراق, also spelled Burak or Braq) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southeast of Hama. Nearby localities include Ayyubiyah and Nisrin to the west, Maarin al-Jabal to the northwest, Surayhin to the north, al-Jinan to the northeast, Taqsis to the southeast and Tell Qartal to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Buraq had a population of 3,235 in the 2004 census.[1]

In 1838 al-Buraq was classified as khirba ("ruined village.")[2] During the ongoing Syrian civil war, in early February 2013, a reported bombing at a bus stop in the village killed 54 people, all civilians who worked at a nearby military non-lethal supplies factory. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.[3]

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 179
  3. ^ Blast near Syrian military factory leaves 54 dead, activists say. CBS News. Originally published Associated Press. 2013-02-08.

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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