Al-Hamah Explained

Official Name:Al-Hamah
Native Name:الهامة
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Rif Dimashq
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Qudsaya
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Qudsaya
Settlement Type:Village
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:10045
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.5581°N 36.2222°W

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20121221035044/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-7-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147