Al-Harra, Syria

Al-Harra (Arabic: الحارّة, romanized: al-Hārrāh), also spelled Khirbet al-Harra; translation: "the Hot") is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. Situated in the Hauran plain, it is 55 kilometers (34 mi) north of Daraa, and just east of Bir Ajam and the Golan Heights, northwest of Jasim, west of al-Sanamayn and southwest of Kafr Shams. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Harra had a population of 17,172.

Al-Harra
الحارة
Town
Al-Harra
Coordinates: 33°3′N 36°0′E
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictAl-Sanamayn
SubdistrictAl-Sanamayn
Elevation
950 m (3,120 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
  Total17,172
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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