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Suqaylabiyah
Al-Suqaylabiyah () is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate. It is located about from Hama and overlooks the Ghab Valley. According to the 2004 official census, the town had a population of 13,920.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. In 2009, the population was recorded at around 20,000. Its inhabitants are largely |
Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict
Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict () is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o .... According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict had a population of 49,686 in the 2004 census. References Suqaylabiyah Al-Suqaylabiyah District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayn Al-Kurum
Ayn al-Kurum () is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suqaylabiyah District of the Hama Governorate. The name of the village translates in Arabic as 'spring of the vineyards', which the residents attribute to its abundant springs and vineyards. It is surrounded by forests and straddles a steep ridge of the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range and the Ghab plain below it. The village is frequently mentioned in Ottoman government records as home or host to Alawite rebels and brigands in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this period, Christians from Ayn al-Kurum founded the modern town of al-Suqaylabiyah. Today, it remains a mainly agricultural village and is the center of a municipality incorporating several surrounding villages. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. Geography Ayn al-Kurum is about northwest of the governorate capital of Hama. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Syrian coastal mountains and the Ghab plain below. The decline wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Suqaylabiyah District
Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its capital city, administrative centre is the city of al-Suqaylabiyah. The district includes most of al-Ghab plain. It is currently controlled by the Syrian caretaker government, Syrian transitional government. Sub-districts The district of Hama is divided into five sub-districts or nahiyahs (population according to 2004 official census): *Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict (ناحية السقيلبية): population 49,686. *Tell Salhab Subdistrict (ناحية تلسلحب): population 38,783. *Al-Ziyarah Subdistrict (ناحية الزيارة): population 38,872. *Shathah Subdistrict (ناحية شطحة): population 25,273. *Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict (ناحية قلعة المضيق): population 85,597. References Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Al-Ghab Plain {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anab, Hama
Annab () is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the al-Suqaylabiyah District of the Hama Governorate. The neighboring village of Nabe al-Tayeb was incorporated into Annab and later the combined village was incorporated into the municipality of Ayn al-Kurum. Annab is located northwest of Hama and lies on the western edges of the Ghab plain and the eastern foothills of the Syrian coastal mountains. The village is characterized by the dense oak, cypress and elm forests and vegetation which envelope it on all sides. It was named for the nearby spring of Annab, which itself is locally held to be named for either the jujube (''annab'') bushes or grape (''anab'') vines of the area. Agriculture, particularly grain cultivation, is the mainstay of Annab's economy. In 2018, it had an estimated population of 8,000. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. History In 1733 or 1734, Annab and neighboring Ayn al-Kurum became a refuge for the Shillif brothers Hassun and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maradash
Maradash (, also spelled ''Mirdash'') is a Syrian village located in Shathah Subdistrict in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maradesh had a population of 1899 in the 2004 census. It had a population of 600 in the early 1960s. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites Alawites () are an Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate Ali ....Boulanger, 1966, p. 451. References Bibliography * Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District Alawite communities in Syria {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the north, Raqqa Governorate to the east, Homs Governorate to the south, and Tartus Governorate, Tartus and Latakia Governorate to the west. It is the only Governorate (excluding Damascus Governorate, Damascus) that does not border a foreign country. Measures of its area vary from 8,844km2 to 8,883km2, with its capital being the city of Hama. History Archaeological sites * Abu Qubays, Syria, Al Qubays – medieval castle * Apamea, Syria, Apamea – Graeco-Roman city * Bourzey castle – Byzantine castle * Masyaf Castle – medieval castle * Shmemis – Ayyubid castle * Tell Salhab, Tell Asharneh – possible site of Bronze Age Tunip * Tell Qarqur – ancient settlement Modern Syria Hama has historically been a centre of opposition to the Assad regime, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seleucia Ad Belum
Seleucia (, ''Seleukeia''), distinguished as Seleucia-near-Belus (, ''Seleúkeia pròs Bḗlōi'',Ptolemy, ''Geography'', Bk. 5, Ch. 14, §12. or , ''pròs tôi Bḗlōi''; Pliny, '' Nat. Hist.'', Bk. 5, §82. or ') and later known as Seleucobelus (, ''Seleukóbēlos'') or Seleucopolis, was an ancient Greek and Roman city on the Orontes River. Its location remains uncertain. Name The name of the settlement honored Seleucus I Nicator, one of the Diadochi successors to the empire of Alexander the Great, although it may have been a foundation by his son and successor Antiochus. It was distinguished from other cities named Seleucia by reference to "Belus" or "the Belus", a toponym which was variously applied to Syria's Limestone Massif, which lies to the city's north, and to various rivers in Syria. In this case, it appears that the name Belus was a title of the Orontes. History The city was a Hellenistic foundation of the Seleucid Empire. It sat on the Orontes's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Syria
The 14 governorates of Syria, or ''muhafazat'' (sing. ''muhafazah''), are divided into 65 districts, or ''manatiq'' (sing. ''mintaqah''), including the city of Damascus. The districts are further divided into 281 subdistricts, or ''nawahi'' (sing. ''nahiya''). Each district bears the same name as its district capital. Districts and subdistricts are administered by officials appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the minister of the interior. These officials work with elected district councils to attend to assorted local needs, and serve as intermediaries between central government authority and traditional local leaders, such as village chiefs, clan leaders, and councils of elders. List of districts The 65 districts are listed below by governorate (with capital districts in bold text). The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. Parts of Quneitra Governorate have been under Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli occupation since 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenistic
In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom. Its name stems from the Ancient Greek word ''Hellas'' (, ''Hellás''), which was gradually recognized as the name for Greece, from which the modern historiographical term ''Hellenistic'' was derived. The term "Hellenistic" is to be distinguished from "Hellenic" in that the latter refers to Greece itself, while the former encompasses all the ancient territories of the period that had come under significant Greek influence, particularly the Hellenized Middle East, after the conquests of Alexander the Great. After the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralised authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—once part of the Byzantine Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feddan
A feddan () is a unit of area used in Egypt, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Oman. In Classical Arabic, the word means 'a yoke of oxen', implying the area of ground that could be tilled by oxen in a certain time. In Egypt, the feddan is the only non-metric unit which remained in use following the adoption of the metric system. A feddan is divided into 24 kirat (, ''qīrāt''), with one kirat equalling 175 square metres. Equivalent units 1 feddan = 24 Kirat (unit), kirat = 60 metre × 70 metre = 4200 square metres (m2) = 0.420 hectares = 1.037 acres In Syria, the feddan is a vaguer quantity, referring to the amount of land that can be ploughed by a pair of oxen in a year, being about .''A Handbook of Syria: Including Palestine''. (1920:324). United Kingdom: H.M. Stationery Office. See also *Acre *Dunam References {{Reflist Units of area Science and technology in Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
