Sumaah

{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name = Al-Suma'ah | native_name = الصومعة | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Village <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Syria <!-- the name of a location map as per [[Template:Location map]] --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria <!-- Location ------------------> | coordinates = {{coord|35.050481|36.473107|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 = [[Hirbnafsah Nahiyah|Hirbnafsah]] <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_footnotes = | population_total = 222 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = <!-- General information ---------------> | 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 = C3055 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Al-Suma'ah''' ({{langx|ar|الصومعة}}) is a village in central [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Hirbnafsah Nahiyah|Hirbnafsah Subdistrict]] of [[Hama District]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), al-Suma'ah had a population of 222 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 |access-date= 2014-07-10}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Alawites]].

==History== Sum'ah's inhabitants sold or 'ceded' all or part of their lands to the [[a'yan|urban notables]] of [[Hama]], namely the Kaylani family, in the late 19th or early 20th century, turning its small landowners into tenant farmers. The inhabitants were [[Alawites]].{{sfn|Comité de l'Asie française|1933|pp=132–134}}

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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}}

{{Hama Governorate|hama}}

[[Category:Alawite communities in Syria]] [[Category:Populated places in Hama District]]

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