Suran
| Suran صوران Ṣūrān | |
|---|---|
| City | |
![]() Suran Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°17′34″N 36°44′45″E / 35.29278°N 36.74583°ECoordinates: 35°17′34″N 36°44′45″E / 35.29278°N 36.74583°E | |
| Country |
|
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama District |
| Subdistrict | Suran Nahiyah |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 32,724 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Suran (Arabic: صوران, Ṣūrān) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Hama Governorate. It has a population of 32,724 as of 2007, which makes Suran the 56th largest area per geographical entity in Syria. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[1] Suran's inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim Arabs, although in the early 20th-century they, along with the inhabitants of nearby Kafr Zita, were still proud of their Mawali origins.[2] The Mawali were non-Arab Muslim nomadic tribes who dominated the desert regions of northern Syria for centuries before being forced out to the vicinity of Hama and Aleppo in the 18th-century by the Annizah, a Bedouin tribal confederation from the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Nelles Guide (1999). Syria and Lebanon. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 3886181057.
- 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.


