Qasr Abu Samrah Explained

Official Name:Qasr Abu Samrah
Native Name:قصر أبو سمرة
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Hama Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hama
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Suran
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:849
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:35.3544°N 36.9719°W

Qasr Abu Samrah (Arabic: قصر أبو سمرة) is a village and archaeological site in Syria, administratively a part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate, located 31km (19miles) northeast of Hama city. Nearby localities include Zughba to the north, al-Tulaysiyah to northwest, al-Junaynah to the west, Fan al-Shamali and Qasr al-Makhram to the southwest, Duma to the southeast, and al-Hazim to the northeast.[1]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qasr Abu Samrah had a population of 849 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

Qasr Abu Samrah contains the ruins of a Byzantine-era tower and church, both of them not well-preserved. The church was built completely from basalt. One row of five columns, out of the original two, remains standing, large doorway of the structure.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Qasr Abu Samrah - Wikimapia. Wikimapia.
  2. https://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/cod.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  3. Boulanger, 1966, p. 376.