Shathah ( ar, شطحة التحتا, ''šaṭḥat at-taḥta'') is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the

Hama Governorate Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the south, Raqqa Governorate to t ...

, located northwest of

Hama Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') 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 provinci ...

. Nearby localities include Slinfah to the northwest, Nabl al-Khatib and Farikah to the north,

al-Huwash Al-Hawash ( ar, الحواش / ALA-LC: ''al-Ḥwāsh'') is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern Syria close to the Lebanese border and administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Husn and Marmarita to ...

to the northeast, Huwayjat al-Sallah to the southeast,

Inab Inab ( ar, اناب, also called Nepa) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Jalbul, Aqiba and Deir Jamal to the south, Karzah ...

to the south and Ayn al-Tineh to the west.Shathat al Tahta
Mapcarta. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shathah had a population of 8,076 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and largest town of

Shathah Subdistrict Shathah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية شطحة) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama Governorate, Hama. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), S ...

, which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 25,273 in 2004.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isla ...

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Alawite communities in Syria Towns in Hama Governorate Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District Populated places in al-Ghab Plain {{HamaSY-geo-stub