Zira'a

Zira'a (Arabic: زراعة, also spelled Zerraa, Zirhagh or Zar'a) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs.

Situated on a hill just east of the Orontes River, nearby localities include Rableh to the immediate southwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Jandar to the northeast and Hisyah to the southeast.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Zira'a had a population of 2,250 in the 2004 census.

Between the 7th and 9th centuries BCE Riblah served as the principal military and administrative center of the Assyrians in Syria.

[3] Although a small place today, in the early 19th-century during Late Ottoman Empire rule, Zira'a was described as a village larger than al-Qusayr, which is now a city.