Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate
This article is about the Syrian village in Hama Governorate. For the Syrian village in Latakia Governorate, see Umm al-Tuyour, Latakia Governorate.
Umm al-Tuyour أم الطيور Umm al-Tiyur | |
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Village | |
Umm al-Tuyour Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: 35°7′49″N 36°32′3″E / 35.13028°N 36.53417°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Hama |
District | Hama |
Subdistrict | Hama |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,588 |
Umm al-Tuyour (Arabic: أم الطيور, also spelled Umm al-Tiyur) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr al-Tun to the northeast, Maarzaf to the north, Aqrab to the northwest, Deir al-Salib to the southwest, Billin to the south, al-Rabiaa to the southeast and Tayzin to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm al-Tuyour had a population of 2,588 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
References
- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 180.
Bibliography
- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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