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'''Al-Hama''' الهامة(also spelled '''Alhama''', '''Alhame''', '''Elhama''', '''Elhame''' or '''alhameh''') is a small village in [[Syria]] west of [[Damascus]] on the [[Barada]] river. The town was the target of repeated raids and attacks by the [[Israel|Israeli military]][http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4116], [http://www.giwersworld.org/israel/terrorists.phtml], [http://justworldnews.org/archives/LETTER%20TO%20AN%20ISRAELI%20MOTHER.doc], [http://www.krysstal.com/democracy/display_acts.php?article=1972_lebanon],[http://jerusalem.indymedia.org/news/2002/04/14701.php], especially prior to the destruction of an early [[PLO]] training camp located on the town's outskirts. One of the more notable attacks occurred during the [[Yom Kippur War|1973 Arab-Israeli War]]; Israel fighter jets attacked a power plant that was in the middle of the town, destroying it completely and killing 87 people.
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'''Al-Hamah''' ({{lang-ar|الهامة}}; also spelled '''al-Hameh''') is a village on the [[Barada]] river in the [[Qudsaya District]] of [[Rif Dimashq Governorate|Rif Dimashq]] (Damascus Countryside) in southern [[Syria]]. It is west of the Syrian capital of [[Damascus|Damascus city]], beyond [[Mount Qasioun]], and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus. It is between [[Qudsaya]] to the south and [[Jamraya]] to the north.


According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]], al-Hamah had a population of 10,045 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[https://archive.today/20121221035044/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-7-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Sunni Muslim]]s and [[Syriac Christian]]s.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/147/mode/1up 147]</ref>
==References to Al-hama on the net==


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Archilogist found pottery pipes that start from Al-hama and goes east<ref>http://www.discover-syria.com/bank/5742</ref>
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==Bibliography==
Accounts of training style in the PLO camp new Al-hama<ref>http://www.palvoice.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-206341.html</ref> <ref>http://pulpit.alwatanvoice.com/content/print/50496.html</ref>
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Barada River in Al-hama<ref>http://www.algrabiya.net/vb/t28042.html</ref>

The people of Al-hama opened their houses to the refugee of 1948<ref>http://abedkhattar.com/blokatwebseite/ahmad-barqawi-berlin.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.a-kandil.com/press/?p=1325</ref>

Freedom fighters from Al-hama against the French occupation<ref>http://www.al-binaa.com/newversion/article.php?articleId=14614</ref>

Bader Addin Alhasani بدر الدين الحسني connection to Al-hama<ref>http://www.dahsha.com/viewarticle.php?id=25276</ref> <ref>http://www.soufia.org/vb/showthread.php?t=8265</ref> <ref>http://re7an.net/vb/threads/5517-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1-(-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A-)</ref>

Railroads in Al-hama<ref>http://nermeen.nireblog.com/post/2009/10/01/oufo-oouso-ouoooo-uuououo-ouuoousu</ref>

A part of Al-hama was a an endowment for the Hanbali tradition<ref>http://www.islamicbook.ws/tarekh/shdrat-aldhb-010.html</ref> <ref>http://www.jammain-mun.org.ps/Research.htm</ref>

==towns with similar names==
Al-hama is our town الهامة

Hama: حماة is a large city in the middle of Syria

Alhammeh, Alhama, Alhamma: الحمة is a town in the Golan area in South of Syria, currently occupied by Israel, and part of it is also in Jordan, It has hot spring with mineral water. It is a popular tourist attraction

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Latest revision as of 17:11, 27 November 2021

For other uses, see Hama (disambiguation).
Al-Hamah
الهامة
Village
Al-Hamah is located in Syria
Al-Hamah
Al-Hamah
Coordinates: 33°33′29″N 36°13′20″E / 33.55806°N 36.22222°E / 33.55806; 36.22222
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictQudsaya
SubdistrictQudsaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total10,045
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Hamah (Arabic: الهامة; also spelled al-Hameh) is a village on the Barada river in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) in southern Syria. It is west of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond Mount Qasioun, and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus. It is between Qudsaya to the south and Jamraya to the north.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Hamah had a population of 10,045 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims and Syriac Christians.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147

Bibliography[edit]

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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