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river in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) in southern

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. It is west of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond

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, and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus. It is between Qudsaya to the south and

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to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Hamah had a population of 10,045 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
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s and

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s.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
147
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* Populated places in Qudsaya District Christian communities in Syria {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub