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HAMADA AL-OMAR Latitude and Longitude:

35°01′20″N 37°26′30″E / 35.0222°N 37.4417°E / 35.0222; 37.4417
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Hamada al-Omar
حمادي العمر
Village
Hamada al-Omar is located in Syria
Hamada al-Omar
Hamada al-Omar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°01′20″N 37°26′30″E / 35.0222°N 37.4417°E / 35.0222; 37.4417
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Salamiyah District
Subdistrict Uqayribat Subdistrict
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,056
Time zone UTC+2 ( EET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+3 ( EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3319

Hamada al-Omar ( Arabic: حمادي العمر) is a Syrian village located in the Uqayribat Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamada al-Omar had a population of 2,056 in the 2004 census. [1] Its inhabitants are largely Sunni Muslims whose forebears converted from Ismaili Shia Islam. [2]

Syrian Civil War

On 20 February 2022, 3 Syrian army soldiers loyal to Bashar al-Assad were killed and another was injured after a landmine, planted by ISIL operatives, exploded near the town. [3]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Mirza, Garib; Al-Khateeb, Humam (September 2015). "The Conflict in the Town of Salamiyah A Model for the Formation of 'Mafias' in Syria" (PDF). www.drsc-sy.org. Democratic Republic Studies Center. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  3. ^ "ISIS resurgence | Five regime soldiers killed and officer injured in new attacks in Syrian desert". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.