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.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
Al-Suma'ah
الصومعة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Suma'ah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°03′02″N 36°28′23″E / 35.050481°N 36.473107°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hirbnafsah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 222 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3055 |
History
editSum'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.[2]
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Comité de l'Asie française 1933, pp. 132–134.
Bibliography
edit- Comité de l'Asie française (April 1933). "Notes sur la propriété foncière dans le Syrie centrale (Notes on Landownership in Central Syria)". Bulletin du Comité de l'Asie française (in French). 33 (309). Comité de l'Asie française: 130–136.
