Mashta Azar (Arabic: مشتى عازار) is a village in northwestern Syria, located west of Homs in the Wadi al-Nasarah valley, a region north of Talkalakh. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Mashta Azar had a population of 783 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2] The village has a Greek Orthodox Church and a Greek Catholic Church[3][4]

It is a popular summer destination and tourist attraction in Syria.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 182
  3. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".
  4. ^ "الموسوعة المسيحية العربية الإلكترونية".

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