Kafr Rumah ( ar, كفر ومة, also spelled ''Kafrumah'' or ''Kfar Ruma'') is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the

Maarrat al-Nu'man District Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Maarat al-Numan. At the 2004 census, ...

of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Rumah had a population of 12,276 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Boulanger, 1966, p. 412. Nearby localities include

Hass, Syria Hass ( ar, حَاسٌّ, Ḥāss) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the Idlib Governorate. The town has an altitude of 630 meters above sea level. According to the Syria Central Bureau of ...

and

Kafr Nabl Kafr Nabl ( ar, كَفْرنَبِل, Kafr Nabil, also spelled Kafranbel or Kafr Nabil) is a town administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate and Ma'arrat al-Numan District in northwestern Syria. It is situated above sea level. In the 20 ...

to the west, Sarjah to the north,

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to the east and Hish to the south.

History

Kafr Rumah contains ancient ruins. Among them is a

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consisting of slabs built on ten pillars instead of the typical style of

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and

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-era bridges in the

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and elsewhere, which are supported were by arches. According to the 13th century Muslim scholar

Yaqut al-Hamawi Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) ( ar, ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine Greek ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th-13th centuries). He is known for ...

, ''Kafar Ruma'' was:

"A village of Ma'arrah an Nu'man. It was once a celebrated fortress, but was ruined by Lulu as Saifi, who conquered
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in 393 (1003)".Le Strange, 1890, p
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* * {{Idlib Governorate, maara Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District Archaeological sites in Idlib Governorate Populated places in Jabal Zawiya