'Harqal (Arabic: هرقل; also spelled Hurukul or Hreiqel) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Harqal had a population of 489 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

Harqal
هرقل
Village
Harqal is located in Syria
Harqal
Harqal
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°48′33″N 36°30′16″E / 34.80917°N 36.50444°E / 34.80917; 36.50444
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictTaldou
Population
 (2004)
 • Total489
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181

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