Arak, Syria
Arak
آراك Urak | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Arak Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°39′0″N 38°34′0″E / 34.65000°N 38.56667°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Tadmur |
| Subdistrict | Tadmur |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 111 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Arak (Arabic: آراك; also romanized as Ārāk) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is situated on an oasis in the Syrian Desert along the road between Palmyra which is 28 kilometers to the southwest and al-Sukhnah to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria (CBS), Arak had a population of 111 in the 2004 census.