Khitab

Khitab
خطاب
Khutab
Khattab
Town
Khitab

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°11′51″N 36°40′2″E / 35.19750°N 36.66722°E
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Hama
Subdistrict Hama
Population (2004)
  Total 10,830

Khitab (Arabic: خطاب, also spelled Khutab or Khattab) is a Town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Qamhanah to the east, Shihat Hama to the southeast, Kafr al-Tun to the southwest, al-Majdal to the west, Mhardeh and Halfaya to the northwest and Taybat al-Imam to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Khitab had a population of 10,830 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

In late 1829, during the Ottoman era, Khitab was part of the Sanjak (District) of Hama. It consisted of 55 feddan and paid 5,610 qirsh in taxes to the treasury.[3] In the 1930s about two-thirds of the village's lands were owned by the al-Azm family.[4]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 179.
  3. Douwes, 2000, pp. 224-225.
  4. The French Asian. 33-34. 1993: Committee of the French Asia. Page 134.

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