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Kafr Amim

Coordinates: 35°10′32″N 36°35′21″E / 35.17556°N 36.58917°E / 35.17556; 36.58917
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Kafr Amim
كفر عميم
Village
Kafr Amim is located in Syria
Kafr Amim
Kafr Amim
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°10′32″N 36°35′21″E / 35.17556°N 36.58917°E / 35.17556; 36.58917
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictHama
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
1,063
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3004

Kafr Amim (Arabic: كفر عميم) is a Syrian village located in the Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Amim had a population of 1,063 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

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According to the 1594 Tahrir Defter of the Hama Sanjak, the village of Kafr Amim had a population of 6 households and 1 bachelor. On the prior two defter records (taken in 1526 and 1551), the village had been listed as a mezra’a, indicating that while the settlement had no permeant residents its lands were still under cultivation by residents of neighboring villages.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004".
  2. ^ Jatkowski, Musa (2015-06-24). "A Glossary of Terms Used in Ottoman Tax Registers | Economic History of the Ottoman Empire". Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  3. ^ Nasiroğlu, Mehtap (2014-01-01). "XIV. yüzyılda Hama Sancağında kırsal yerleşme". Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi: 140.