Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate

Umm al-Tuyour (Arabic: أم الطيور‎, also spelled Umm al-Tiyur) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr al-Tun to the northeast, Maarzaf to the north, Aqrab to the northwest, Deir al-Salib to the southwest, Billin to the south, al-Rabiaa to the southeast and Tayzin to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm al-Tuyour had a population of 2,588 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

This article is about the Syrian village in Hama Governorate. For the Syrian village in Latakia Governorate, see Umm al-Tuyour, Latakia Governorate.
Umm al-Tuyour

أم الطيور

Umm al-Tiyur
Village
Umm al-Tuyour
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°7′49″N 36°32′3″E
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictHama
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,588

References
  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at Archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Smith, 1841, p. 180.

Bibliography
  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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