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]