Al-Hamah

Al-Hamah
Al-Hamah; الهامة
	Veelage
	Al-Hamah
	Coordinates: 33°33′29″N 36°13′20″E / 33.55806°N 36.22222°E
Kintra	Sirie
Govrenorate	Rif Dimashq Govrenorate
Destrict	Qudsaya Destrict
Nahiyah	Qudsaya
Population (2004 census)
• Total	10,045
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Hamah (Arabic: الهامة‎, al-hāmah; spelt al-Hameh an aw) is a sma veelage in Sirie wast o Damascus on the Barada river. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, al-Hamah haed a population o 10,045 in the 2004 census.^[1] The toun wis the target o repeatit raids an attacks bi the Israeli militar^[2], especially prior tae the destruction o an early PLO trainin camp locatit on the toun's ootskirts. Ane o the mair notable attacks occurred durin the 1973 Arab-Israeli War; whare Israeli fechter jets attackit a pouer plant that wis in the middle o the toun, destroyin it completely an killin 87 fowk.

References

↑ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-21 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
↑ http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4116

[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-21 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. (in Arabic)

[2] ttp://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4116

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