Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate

Umm al-Tuyour
أم الطيور
Umm al-Tiyur
Village
Umm al-Tuyour

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°7′49″N 36°32′3″E / 35.13028°N 36.53417°E / 35.13028; 36.53417
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Hama
Subdistrict Hama
Population (2004)
  Total 2,588

Umm al-Tuyour (Arabic: أم الطيور, also spelled Umm al-Tiyur) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr al-Tun to the northeast, Maarzaf to the north, Aqrab to the northwest, Deir al-Salib to the southwest, Billin to the south, al-Rabiaa to the southeast and Tayzin to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm al-Tuyour had a population of 2,588 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at Archive.is. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 180.

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