See also: Yohmor, Beqaa.
Official Name: | Yahmur |
Native Name: | يحمور |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Khirbet al-Ma'zah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 3,772 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.8197°N 35.9689°W |
Yahmur (Arabic: يحمور; also spelled Yahmour) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located along the road between Safita in the east and Tartus to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Yahmur had a population of 3,722 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2] Nearby is Chastel Rouge (Qal'at Yahmur), a Crusader-era castle.