Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate

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 / 35.13028°N 36.53417°E / 35.13028; 36.53417
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Hama
Subdistrict Hama
Population (2004)
  Total 2,588

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]

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