Official Name: | Istamo |
Native Name: | اسطامو |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Latakia |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Qardaha District |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Al-Fakhurah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 2,288 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 35.4808°N 35.9281°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | C3844 |
Istamo (ar|اسطامو) is a Syrian village in the Qardaha District in Latakia Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Istamo had a population of 2,288 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites.
The village was recorded in an Ottoman tax census in 1547 as having 1,272 inhabitants. In 1645–1646, no population was recorded living in the village, but it was noted that ten or so peasants from Istamo had temporarily fled into the mountains. In 1724, Istamo was among several places in the Alawite Mountains where the local strongman Rustum Hasan Rustum was accused of pilfering taxes due to the state.