Al-'Akkari ( ar, عكاري) is a town in northwestern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
administratively belonging to the
Homs Governorate just north of the border with
Lebanon and west of
Homs
Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...
. Nearby towns include
Talkalakh to the east,
Marmarita
Marmarita ( ar, مرمريتا, syc, ܡܪܡܪܝܬܐ, ) is a village in northwestern Syria, located west of Homs. Marmarita is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians"), a region north of Talkalakh. In 2004, Marm ...
to the northeast and
Safita to the north. According to the
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) al-Akkari had a population of 2,127 in 2004.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate.
It was historically situated in an important crossroad for those moving between
Turkey and coastal city of
Beirut,
Lebanon. A major road hub during both the
Roman and
Ottoman periods, the
Palestine Railway
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built by the
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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passed through the al-Akkari. Reconnected after
World War II, the railway was disconnected during the 1970s. The national railway operator,
Chemins de Fer Syriens, still has an operational station in the town.
References
Populated places in Talkalakh District
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