# Al-Mitras

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<!-- Basic info  ---------------->| official_name                   = Al-Mitras
| other_name                      = Mtrass
| native_name                     = المتراس
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| settlement_type                 = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Syria
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| subdivision_name                = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [Syria](/source/Syria)
| subdivision_type1               = [Governorate](/source/Governorates_of_Syria)
| subdivision_name1               = [Tartus](/source/Tartus_Governorate)
| subdivision_type2               = [District](/source/Districts_of_Syria)
| subdivision_name2               = [Safita](/source/Safita_District)
| subdivision_type3               = [Subdistrict](/source/Nahiyah)
| subdivision_name3               = [Al-Sisiniyah](/source/Al-Sisiniyah)
| population_as_of                = 2004 
| population_total                = 2,138
| coordinates                     = {{coord|34|46|39|N|36|11|8|E|region:SY|display=inline}}
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'''Al-Mitras''' ({{langx|ar|المتراس}}, also spelled '''Mtrass''') is a village in northwestern [Syria](/source/Syria), administratively part of the [Tartus Governorate](/source/Tartus_Governorate), located southeast of [Tartus](/source/Tartus). Nearby localities include [Marmarita](/source/Marmarita) and [Zweitina](/source/Zweitina) to the east, [al-Zarah](/source/al-Zarah) to the southeast, [al-Tulay'i](/source/al-Tulay'i) to the southwest, [al-Sisiniyah](/source/al-Sisiniyah) to the west and [al-Bariqiyah](/source/al-Bariqiyah) to the north. According to the [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS), al-Mitras had a population of 2,138 in the 2004 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-19-2004.htm |title=Al-Sisiniyah Nahiyah Population |publisher=[Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) |year=2004 |accessdate=2012-07-02 |archive-date=2019-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215220506/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-19-2004.htm |url-status=dead }}. Archive: </ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [Sunni Muslim](/source/Sunni_Muslim)s.<ref name="Balanche">{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mroue|first1=Bassem|title=Agreement ends shelling of Syrian village|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/syria-raises-gasoline-prices|work=Associated Press|date=2013-10-15|access-date=2015-10-12|archive-date=2013-10-07|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20131007052030/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/syria-raises-gasoline-prices|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Populated places in Safita District

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