Toumin (, also transliterated ''Toumine'') is a village in northwestern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, 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 ...

. It is located southwest 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 ...

and lies on the northern bank of the

Orontes River The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Nahr al-ʿĀṣī, or simply Asi (, ; ) is a long river in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Hatay Province, Turk ...

, overlooking the city of Rastan. Nearby localities include

Deir al-Fardis Dayr al-Fardis () is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Buhum to the northeast, Tumin and al-Rastan to the southeast and Houla to the southwest. According ...

to the northwest,

Kafr Buhum Kafr Buhum (; also transliterated ''Kfarbuhum'' and ''Kafr Bihem''), commonly referred to as Kfarbo (), is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include al-Rabiaa and ...

to the north,

al-Rastan Al-Rastan () is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located north of its administrative capital Homs and from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south, al-Zaafaraniyah and al-Mashrafah to the southeast, Mur ...

to the south and

Houla The Houla Region or Houla Plain ( ''Al-Ḥūla'') is an area consisting of three villages in the Homs Governorate of central Syria, northwest of the city of Homs. The biggest village in the Houla region had 20,041 inhabitants in 2004 and is calle ...

to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Toumin had a population of 2,129 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Greek Orthodox Christian Greek Orthodox Church (, , ) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian Churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roma ...

History

In 1838, Toumin was recorded as a Greek Orthodox Christian village. The village was formerly located at the site of the

Rastan Dam Rastan may refer to: * Al-Rastan, a city in Syria * Al-Rastan District Ar-Rastan District () is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Rastan Al-Rastan () is the third largest city in th ...

, but with the dam's construction in 1960, Toumin was relocated nearby to its present site. In 1992, the Toumin Municipality was established to administer the village and the nearby Christian village of

al-Biyah Al-Biyah (; also transliterated ''Albiyya'' or ''Albaya'') is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Biyah had a population of 1,803 in the 2024 censu ...

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* {{Hama Governorate, hama Populated places in Hama District Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Syria