Kafr Rumah

Kafr Rumah
كفر ومة
Kafrumah
Kfar Ruma
Village
Kafr Rumah

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°38′3″N 36°37′56″E / 35.63417°N 36.63222°E / 35.63417; 36.63222
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict Maarrat al-Nu'man
Population (2004)
  Total 12,276
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Kafr Rumah (Arabic: كفر ومة, also spelled Kafrumah or Kfar Ruma) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Maarrat al-Nu'man District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Rumah had a population of 12,276 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities include Hass, Syria and Kafr Nabl to the west, Sarjah to the north, Maarrat al-Nu'man to the east and Hish to the south.

Kafr Ruman contains ancients ruins. Among them is a bridge consisting of slabs built on ten pillars instead of the typical style of Roman and Byzantine-era bridges in the Levant and elsewhere, which were held up by arches.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. 1 2 Boulanger, 1966, p. 412.

Bibliography

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