Kafr Nan ( ar, كفرنان, Kafrnan, also spelled Kfarnan) is a village in northern

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 part of the

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...

, located north of

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. Nearby localities include

Burj Qa'i Burj Qa'i ( ar, برج قاعي, also spelled Burj al-Qa'y or simply al-Burj) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Taldou and the Houla 5 kilometers t ...

to the west, Kisin to the northwest,

Gharnatah Gharnatah ( ar, غرناطة, al-Gharnātah) or al-Ghajar ( ar, الغجر, al-Ghājar 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 ...

to the northeast,

al-Zaafaraniyah Al-Zaafaraniyah ( ar, الزعفرانية, also spelled al-Za'afaranah) is a village in the northern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located north of Homs. Nearby localities include Mashrafah to the southeast, Talbiseh to t ...

to the east, Talbiseh to the southeast,

Tasnin Tasnin ( ar, تسنين, Tāsnīn, also spelled ''Tasneen'') is a village in middle of Syria, northern of Homs administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 20 kilometers northwest of Homs in between the cities of al-Rastan and Talbisehto ...

to the south and

Akrad Dayasinah Karad Dayasinah ( ar, كراد داسنية, also known as ''Akrad Dayasinah'' or ''Akrad Dasnieh'', also known as Shamah) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Homs District, located northwest of Homs. According to the Syri ...

to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Nan had a population of 3,231 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia I ...

History

In 1838, its inhabitants were recorded to be Sunni Muslims.

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, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
179
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References

Bibliography

* Populated places in al-Rastan District Alawite communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub