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Village in Hama, Syria
Al-Suma'ah الصومعة
Village
Al-Suma'ah is located in SyriaAl-Suma'ahAl-Suma'ahLocation in Syria
Coordinates: 35°03′02″N 36°28′23″E / 35.050481°N 36.473107°E / 35.050481; 36.473107
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictHirbnafsah
Population
 • Total222
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3055

Al-Suma'ah (Arabic: الصومعة) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict of Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Suma'ah had a population of 222 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

History

Sum'ah's inhabitants sold or 'ceded' all or part of their lands to the urban notables of Hama, namely the Kaylani family, in the late 19th or early 20th century, turning its small landowners into tenant farmers. The inhabitants were Alawites.

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Comité de l'Asie française 1933, pp. 132–134.

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