Kafr Kamra

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Kafr Kamra
كفر كمرة
Kfar Kamrah
Village
Kafr Kamra is located in Syria
Kafr Kamra
Kafr Kamra
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°53′55″N 36°23′58″E / 34.898702°N 36.399469°E / 34.898702; 36.399469
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictMasyaf
SubdistrictAwj
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
2,895
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kafr Kamra (Arabic: كفر كمرة, also spelled Kfar Kamrah) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Awj to the north, Aqrab and Qarmas to the northeast, Houla to the east, Maryamin to the southeast, Akakir and Kafr Ram, Ayn Halaqim to the west and Nisaf to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Kamra had a population of 2,895 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3]

History

According to the Ottoman Defter records, the population of Kafr Kamra increased substantially throughout the 16th century, from having only 8 households in 1526 to 84 households by 1594.[4]

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Archive. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Rosen, Nir. A Tale of Two Villages. Al Jazeera English. 2011-10-24.
  3. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 180
  4. ^ Nasiroğlu, Mehtap (2014-01-01). "XIV. yüzyılda Hama Sancağında kırsal yerleşme". Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi: 138.

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