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Muzayraa مزيرعةMzeraa
Town
Mazirah
MuzayraaLocation in Syria
Coordinates: 35°31′52″N 36°4′16″E / 35.53111°N 36.07111°E / 35.53111; 36.07111
Country	Syria
Governorate	Latakia
District	al-Haffah
Subdistrict	Muzayraa
Population
• Total	834
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Muzayraa (Arabic: مزيرعة, romanized: Muzayri`ah, Mzera'a or Mazirah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa nahiyah ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a collective population of 13,908 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.

On 14 December 2024, former members of the Syrian Arab Army launched an attack in the settlement on Sham Corps members affiliated with the Syrian transitional government. The incident represents the first clash of its kind since the collapse of the Assad regime.

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Balanche, 2006, p. 44.
3. "في حادثة هي الأولى من نوعها بعد سقوط النظام.. مقـ ـتل وإصابة 15 عنصراً من فصيل "فيلق الشام" بكمين نصبه مسلحون من فلول النظام بريف اللاذقية | المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان" [In an incident that is the first of its kind after the fall of the regime.. 15 members of the “Al-Sham Corps” faction were killed and injured in an ambush set up by armed men from the remnants of the regime in the Latakia countryside]. Syria HR (in Arabic). 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2024-12-14.

Bibliography

• Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.

v t e Latakia Governorate
Latakia District Latakia Subdistrict Latakia Baksa Burj al-Qasab Kirsana Mushayrafet al-Samouk al-Qanjarah Sinjwan Sitmarkho Sqoubin Ayn al-Bayda Subdistrict Ayn al-Bayda Burj Islam Mashqita al-Safsaf Salib al-Turkman al-Shabatliyah Bahluliyah Subdistrict al-Bahluliyah al-Jandiriyah Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm al-Tuyour Zaghrin Rabia Subdistrict Rabia
Jableh District Jableh Subdistrict Jableh Arab al-Mulk Bisaysin al-Burjal Bustan al-Basha Dirghamo Hmeimim al-Qabu Ras al-Ayn al-Sharashir Siyannu Ayn al-Sharqiyah Subdistrict Ayn al-Sharqiyah Bani Qahtan Castle Qurn Hulya Mutawwar Zama Ayn Shiqaq Subdistrict Ayn Shiqaq Benjaro Btigramo al-Budi al-Qassabin Sarabion Beit Yashout Subdistrict Beit Yashout Bsheili Halbakko Hallet Ara Daliyah Subdistrict Daliyah Beit Ana Qutailibiyah Subdistrict al-Qutailibiyah al-Aqibah Baabda Bashraghi Dweir Baabda (incl. Sarabion) Hamam al-Qarahleh Qurfays
Al-Haffah District Haffah Subdistrict Al-Haffah Babna Jankil Zanqufa Ayn al-Tineh Subdistrict Ayn al-Tineh al-Jandiriyah Kinsabba Subdistrict Kinsabba Brouma Duwayrika Kabani Ta'uma Muzayraa Subdistrict Muzayraa Difa Slinfah Subdistrict Slinfah Salma Aramo
Qardaha District Qardaha Subdistrict Qardaha al-Fakhurah Bahamra Bayt Suhin Bishalama Bisrama Dabbash Harf al-Musaytirah Istamo Jawbat Burghal Kilmakho Mahalibeh Castle Yarte

• Towns in Syria
• Populated places in al-Haffah District
• Christian communities in Syria