| Al Hamidiyah الحميدية |
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Al Hamidiyah
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| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus Governorate |
| District | Tartus District |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 8,000 est. |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
Al Hamidiyah (Arabic: الحميدية) is a town on the coastal Syrian line about 3km from the Lebanese border. The town was founded in a very short time on direct orders from the Turkish Sultan ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II circa 1897, to serve as refuge for the Muslim Cretans, be they Muslim Greeks or Cretan Turks, who were forced to leave Crete when the island stop being a part of the Ottoman Empire. The town is home to about 8.000 people, with the majority still speaking Cretan Greek in their daily lives.
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