Istamo Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Census of Population 2004.. 2017-12-09.