Al-Qusayr, Syria

Al-Qusayr القصير
City
Al-Qusayr Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°30′43″N 36°34′35″E / 34.51194°N 36.57639°E / 34.51194; 36.57639
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Al-Qusayr
Subdistrict	Al-Qusayr
Control	Syrian opposition
Elevation	540 m (1,770 ft)
Population  (2004)
• Total	29,818
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Al-Qusayr (Arabic: القصير, romanized: al-Quṣayr, Levantine pronunciation: [elʔʊˈsˤeːɾ], Literary Arabic: [alqʊˈsˤeːr, alqʊˈsˤɑjr]) is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about 35 kilometers (22 mi) south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to the southwest. Nearby localities include Rablah and Zira'a to the south, Jandar further to the east, al-Dabaah to the northeast, Arjoun to the northwest and Aqrabiyah to the west. Al-Qusayr has an altitude of 540 meters (1,770 ft).

A Muslim majority city with a significant Christian minority, al-Qusayr had a population of 29,818 in 2004 according to the Syrian census. In addition to being capital of the al-Qusayr District, it is also the administrative center of the al-Qusayr nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 60 localities with a collective population of 107,470 in 2004.^[1]