Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Nasirah had a population of 835 in the 2004 census.

It is the administrative center of the al-Nasirah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 20 localities with a collective population of 16,678 in 2004.

[1] The subdistrict largely occupies an area known as Wadi al-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians.")

[3] Lady of the Valley, located in Wadi al-Nasara, is one of the Marian shrines in the Middle East.