Abu Hamamah

Abu Hamamah
أبو همامة
Village
Abu Hamamah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°57′9″N 36°52′27″E / 34.95250°N 36.87417°E / 34.95250; 36.87417Coordinates: 34°57′9″N 36°52′27″E / 34.95250°N 36.87417°E / 34.95250; 36.87417
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs
District Rastan
Subdistrict Rastan
Population (2004)
  Total 255
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Abu Hamamah (Arabic: عسيلة, also known as Abu Humama) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs on the southern banks of the Orontes River. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu Hamamah had a population of 255 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Circassians from the Shapsugh tribe.[2]

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