Kafr Batna

Kafr Batna
كفر بطنا
Kfar Batna
Kafr Batna is located in Syria
Kafr Batna
Kafr Batna
Coordinates: 33°30′N 36°22′E / 33.500°N 36.367°E / 33.500; 36.367
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictMarkaz Rif Dimashq
SubdistrictKafr Batna
Population
 (2004)
 • Total22,535
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Kafr Batna (Arabic: كفر بطنا, also spelled Kfar Batna and Kafar Batna) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria and a suburb of Damascus.[1][2] It is approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) east of the Bab Sharqi neighborhood.[3] Kafr Batna had a population of 22,535 in 2004.[4]

  1. ^ Burns, 2005, pp. 14-15
  2. ^ Siddique, Haroon. Syrian troops battle to retake Damascus suburbs. The Guardian. 2012-02-29. Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
  3. ^ Oriental Ceramic Society, 1998, p.24
  4. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)

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