Official Name: | Kafr Rumah |
Other Name: | Kafrumah Kfar Ruma |
Native Name: | كفر ومة |
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: | Idlib |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 12,276 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.6342°N 36.6322°W |
Kafr Rumah (Arabic: كفر ومة, also spelled Kafrumah or Kfar Ruma) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Maarrat al-Nu'man District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Rumah had a population of 12,276 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities include Hass, Syria and Kafr Nabl to the west, Sarjah to the north, Maarrat al-Nu'man to the east and Hish to the south.
Kafr Rumah contains ancient ruins. Among them is a bridge consisting of slabs built on ten pillars instead of the typical style of Roman and Byzantine-era bridges in the Levant and elsewhere, which are supported by arches.[2]
According to the 13th century Muslim scholar Yaqut al-Hamawi, Kafar Ruma was:
"A village of Ma'arrah an Nu'man. It was once a celebrated fortress, but was ruined by Lulu as Saifi, who conquered Halab in 393 (1003)".[3]