al-Hamraa

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| official_name = Al-Hamraa

| native_name = الحمراء

| other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Al-Hamra}}

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hama

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Hama

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = al-Hamraa

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| population_total = 1,783

| population_as_of = 2004

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Al-Hamraa ({{langx|ar|الحمراء}}, also spelled al-Hamra) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northeast of Hama. Nearby localities include Jubb al-Othman to the northeast, Abu al-Thuhur to the north, Fan al-Shamali to the west, Maar Shahhur to the southwest, Salamiyah to the south and Sabburah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Hamraa had a population of 1,783 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative centre and second-largest locality of the al-Hamraa nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 44 localities with a collective population of 32,604 in 2004.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200925224754/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-4-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}

In 1838 al-Hamraa was classified as a khirba ("temporal village") in the District of Salamiyah.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/178/mode/1up 178] It is situated near the Qasr ibn Wardan palace.