Hamada al-Omar

Hamada al-Omar
حمادي العمر
Village
Hamada al-Omar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°01′20″N 37°26′30″E / 35.0222°N 37.4417°E / 35.0222; 37.4417Coordinates: 35°01′20″N 37°26′30″E / 35.0222°N 37.4417°E / 35.0222; 37.4417
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Salamiyah District
Subdistrict Uqayribat Subdistrict
Population (2004)
  Total 2,056
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode C3319

Hamada al-Omar (Arabic: حمادي العمر) is a Syrian village located in the Uqayribat Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamada al-Omar had a population of 2,056 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are largely Sunni Muslims whose forebears converted from Ismaili Shia Islam.[2]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Mirza, Garib; Al-Khateeb, Humam (September 2015). "The Conflict in the Town of Salamiyah A Model for the Formation of 'Mafias' in Syria" (PDF). www.drsc-sy.org. Democratic Republic Studies Center. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
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