Al-Hamah

For other uses, see Hama (disambiguation).
Al-Hamah
الهامة
Village
Al-Hamah is located in Syria
Al-Hamah
Al-Hamah
Coordinates: 33°33′29″N 36°13′20″E / 33.55806°N 36.22222°E / 33.55806; 36.22222
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictQudsaya
SubdistrictQudsaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
10,045
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Hamah (Arabic: الهامة; also spelled al-Hameh) is a village on the Barada river in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) in southern Syria. It is west of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond Mount Qasioun, and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus. It is between Qudsaya to the south and Jamraya to the north.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Hamah had a population of 10,045 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims and Syriac Christians.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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