Tremseh

{{Infobox settlement   | official_name = Tremseh | native_name = التريمسة | other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Turaymisah}} | settlement_type = Town  | image_skyline = | 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|16|23|N|36|30|17|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 = [[Mahardah District|Mahardah]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Nahiyah|Subdistrict]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Mahardah Nahiyah|Mahardah]] | subdivision_type4 = Control | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes =  | leader_title = | leader_name =  | unit_pref = Metric  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft =  | population_footnotes = | population_total = 6,927 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_note =  | timezone = [[Arabian Standard Time|AST]] | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST =  | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Tremseh''' ({{langx|ar|التريمسة}}, ''al-Turaymisah''), or in various dialects ''Tremseh'', ''Treimsa'', ''Taramsah'', ''Taramseh'' in the [[Hama Governorate]] in northern [[Syria]]. It is roughly 22 miles northwest of the central city of [[Hama]].<ref name=nyt14712/> Nearby localities include district center [[Mahardah]] and [[Shaizar]] to the east, [[Khunayzir, Syria|Khunayzir]] to the southeast, [[Asilah, Syria|Asilah]] to the south, [[Safsafiyah]] to the southwest, [[Asharnah]] and [[Tell Salhab]] to the west, [[al-Jalmah]] to the north and [[Kafr Hud]] to the northeast. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), Tremseh had a population of 6,926 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-20-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112210007/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-20-2004.htm |date=2013-01-12 }}. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> The town was reported to have a population of between 7,000 and 11,000.<ref name=anews14712/>

In 1838 Tremseh was classified as an abandoned village by scholar [[Eli Smith]].<ref>[[Eli Smith|Smith]], in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/178/mode/1up 178]</ref>

Tremseh was the site where the [[Battle of Tremseh]] occurred in July 2012.<ref name=nyt14712>{{cite news|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|title=New Details of a Battle Challenge Reports of a Syrian Massacre|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/world/middleeast/details-of-a-battle-challenge-reports-of-a-syrian-massacre.html|access-date=14 July 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=anews14712>{{cite news|title=Assad troops burn houses in Syria town as calls for UN action grow|url=http://www.arabnews.com/assad-troops-burn-houses-syria-town-calls-un-action-grow|access-date=14 July 2012|newspaper=Arab News|date=14 July 2012|agency=AFP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714162022/http://arabnews.com/assad-troops-burn-houses-syria-town-calls-un-action-grow|archive-date=14 July 2012}}</ref> The residents Tremseh are mostly [[Sunni Muslims]].<ref name=bloomberg1312>{{cite news|last=Krause-Jackson|first=Flavia|title=Syria’s Massacre Raises Calls for Action on Assad|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-13/syria-s-bloody-massacre-raises-calls-for-action-on-assad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731070019/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-13/syria-s-bloody-massacre-raises-calls-for-action-on-assad|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2013|access-date=19 July 2012|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=13 July 2012}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}} {{refend}} {{Hama Governorate|mhardeh}}

[[Category:Populated places in Maharda District]]