Shihat Hama (, also spelled Shiha or al-Shyha) is a village in northwestern

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, administratively part of the

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 Gove ...

, located just west of

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 ...

. Nearby localities include

Qamhana Qamhana (, also spelled ''Qomhane'' or ''Qomhana'') is a Syrian town located in the Hama Subdistrict of the Hama District in Hama Governorate. It is situated immediately west of the Zayn al-Abidin Mountain. According to the Syria Central Bureau o ...

to the northeast,

Khitab Khattab (, also spelled Khutab or Khattab) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, northwest of Hama located near the Orontes River River. Nearby localities include Qamhana to the east, Shihat Hama to th ...

to the north,

Kafr al-Tun Kafr al-Tun (, also spelled Kfar Eltun) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include al-Majdal to the northwest, Khitab to the northeast, Shihat Hama to the ea ...

to the west and

Tayzin Tayzin (, also spelled Tizin) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located just west of Hama. Nearby localities include Matnin to the north, al-Rabiaa to the southwest, Umm al-Tuyur to the west, Kafr ...

to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shihat Hama had a population of 3,985 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Statistics
(CBS). Hama Governorate.

History

In 1818, during Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule (1517–1918), al-Shiha consisted of 18 feddans and paid 1,980 qirsh in taxes. In 1838, al-Shiha was recorded as a Sunni Muslim village. In the late 19th century or early 20th century, the inhabitants of the village gradually sold off nearly all of their lands to the prominent landowning Barazi family of

city. Its inhabitants were Sunni Muslim Arabs. In the 1960s, it was noted that Shihat Hama contained several domed huts. The village is administered by a municipality established in 1989. Other localities included in the municipality are Maar Daftein, al-Qadiriyah and Mazraat al-Safa.

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