{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Al-Mitras | other_name = Mtrass | native_name = المتراس | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Syria <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Tartus | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Safita | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = Al-Sisiniyah | population_as_of = 2004 | population_total = 2,138 | coordinates = {{coord|34|46|39|N|36|11|8|E|region:SY|display=inline}} }} '''Al-Mitras''' ({{langx|ar|المتراس}}, also spelled '''Mtrass''') is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Marmarita and Zweitina to the east, al-Zarah to the southeast, al-Tulay'i to the southwest, al-Sisiniyah to the west and al-Bariqiyah to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (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 |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 Muslims.<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== {{reflist}}
{{Tartus Governorate|safita}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitras}} Category:Populated places in Safita District