Official Name: | Qastal al-Burj |
Native Name: | قسطل البرج |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
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: | Hama |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Al-Suqaylabiyah District |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah |
Population Total: | 36 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | N/A |
Qastal al-Burj (ar|قسطل البرج qasṭal al-burj, al-Borj al-Qastal) is a Syrian village located in Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the village had a population of 36 in the 2004 census.[1] At the start of the Syrian Civil War it was a Christian village.[2]
In May 2012, the ten Christian families living in the village were displaced by the Syrian rebels. Whether its residents left at request of the rebels or were driven out by force is disputed.[3] [4] On 1 October 2024, Syrian regime forces shelled the village with artillery.[5]