Hamrit

Hamrit
حمريت
Village
Hamrit
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°11′6.230″N 36°0′25.070″E / 33.18506389°N 36.00696389°E / 33.18506389; 36.00696389
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictQatana
SubdistrictSa'sa'
Population
 (2004 census)
  Total
737
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hamrit (Arabic: حمريت; also transliterated Hamriyat) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamrit had a population of 737 in the 2004 census. Hamrit's inhabitants traditionally belong to the Nu'aym tribe, which is spread across Syria but mainly concentrated around the Golan Heights and the Hauran. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.