Atshan

{{Infobox settlement   | official_name = Atshan | native_name = عطشان | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Village  | image_skyline = | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield =  | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Syria  | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria  | coordinates = {{coord|35|24|21|N|36|49|24|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [[Syria]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Syria|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Hama Governorate|Hama]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Syria|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Hama District|Hama]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Nahiyah|Subdistrict]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Suran Nahiyah|Suran]]  | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1,809 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note =  | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | blank_name_sec1 = City Qrya Pcode | blank_info_sec1 = C3021 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Atshan''' ({{langx|ar|عطشان}}) is a village in central [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Suran Nahiyah|Suran Subdistrict]] of the [[Hama District]], located northeast of [[Hama]] city. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), Atshan had a population of 1,809 in the 2004 census.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls }}</ref> Its inhabitants are [[Sunni Muslim]]s.

==History== Atshan was sold by the prominent landowning Barazi family of [[Hama]] to a merchant from Hama, Muhammad Katkaz, in 1929. Its inhabitants were [[Sunni Muslim]] [[Arabs]] of [[Bedouin]] origin.{{sfn|Comité de l'Asie française|1933|pp=132–133}}

On 10 October 2015, the town was seized by the [[Ba'athist Syria|Syrian government]] from opposition fighters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2015 |title=Syrian forces make gains under Russian air cover |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/10/syrian-forces-make-gains-under-russian-air-cover |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

Since the end of the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian Civil War]], at least 357 [[Internally displaced person|IDPs]] have returned to Atshan, most of whom had been living in the Atmeh Camp, located in [[Atme|Atmeh, Idlib]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syrian returnees' figures by sub-districts - data 25 March 2025 |url=https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/115368 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=UNHCR Operational Data Portal (ODP) |language=en}}</ref>

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==Bibliography== *{{cite journal|title=Notes sur la propriété foncière dans le Syrie centrale (Notes on Landownership in Central Syria) |journal=Bulletin du Comité de l'Asie française |author=Comité de l'Asie française|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4019479m/f1.item.r=Sorane |publisher=Comité de l'Asie française |date=April 1933 |volume=33 |issue=309 |pages=130–136 |language=fr}}

[[Category:Populated places in Hama District]]