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Kafr Nabudah

Coordinates: 35°25′54″N 36°29′34″E / 35.43167°N 36.49278°E / 35.43167; 36.49278
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Kafr Nabudah
كفر نبودة
Kafar Nabuda
Town
Kafr Nabudah is located in Syria
Kafr Nabudah
Kafr Nabudah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°25′54″N 36°29′34″E / 35.43167°N 36.49278°E / 35.43167; 36.49278
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictAl-Suqaylabiyah
SubdistrictQalaat al-Madiq
Population
 (2004)
 • Total13,513
 • Ethnicities
Syrians

Kafr Nabudah (Arabic: كفر نبودة, also spelled Kafar Nabuda) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Qalaat al-Madiq and Jamasat Udayat to the west, al-Suqaylabiyah to the southwest, al-Mughayr and Karnaz to the south, Kafr Zita to the southeast and al-Habit to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Nabudah had a population of 13,513 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in the Qalaat al-Madiq nahiyah ("subdistrict.")[1]

History

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In 2011, a mosaic was discovered in Kafr Nabudah dates back to the 6th century during the Byzantine era.[2]

In 1838, its inhabitants were noted as being predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

During the Syrian Civil War, the Syrian army re-controlled the town during the Northwestern Syria offensive in 2019.

References

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  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004[permanent dead link]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "اكتشاف لوحة فسيفساء في حماة السورية تعود إلى القرن السادس الميلادي". aleqt.com (in Arabic). 7 January 2011.
  3. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 178

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