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Kafr Aya

Kafr 'Aya is a village in the Homs Governorate in central Syria, just south of Homs.

The place

Kafr 'Aya is a village in the Homs Governorate in central Syria, just south of Homs. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr 'Aya had a population of 6,918 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kafr Aya

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Homs University

    Homs University is a public university located in the city of Homs, Syria, 180 km north of Damascus. It is Syria's fourth largest university.

    3.5 km · University in Syria · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bassel al-Assad Stadium (Homs)

    Homs Municipal Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in the Baba Amr district in the city of Homs, Syria. It was opened in 2000, and is mostly used for football matches and serves as a second venue for the football clubs of Al-Karamah SC and Al-Wathba SC. Located in the Baba Amr district of the city, the stadium is able to hold up to 25,000 spectators.

    3.5 km · Stadium in Homs, Syria · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kafr Aya

Airports
Damascus (DAM), 142 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 147 km · Aleppo (ALP), 173 km
  • Damascus → Kafr Aya
    136 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · $13–17
  • Aleppo → Kafr Aya
    174 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · $16–22
  • Beirut → Kafr Aya
    140 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · $15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kafr Aya

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kafr Aya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    498 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    581 km
  3. 03
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    664 km
  4. 04
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    718 km
  5. 05
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    925 km

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Around it

Next door to Kafr Aya

Kafr Aya is 5 km from Homs, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.