Aramo
Aramo (Arabic: آرامو, Aramo, Armenie: Արամօ, Aramo) is a Sirie veelage locatit in Latakia Govrenorate north wast o the kintra. Aramo is juist 30 km frae the Mediterranean sea. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Aramo haed a population o 490 in the 2004 census.[1]
Aramo آرامو Արամօ | |
|---|---|
Veelage | |
  Aramo Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 35°37′35.5″N 36°07′53.8″E / 35.626528°N 36.131611°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Latakia Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Al-Haffah Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Slinfah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 490 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
Etymologie
eeditThe name probably comes frae the name o the auncient Arameans who inhabitit the place.
Armenies
eeditThe veelage is kent tae be populatit bi Armenies, but in 1947 they left in lairge nummers tae Soviet Armenie. Nou a few faimilies live thare. The toun haes an auld Armenie kirk cried Saunt Stepanos built in 1310. It staunds in the middle o the veelage. Thare are some sma kirks carvit in the rocks such as Surp Asdvadzadzin an Surp Kevork Armenie Apostolic kirks. The Alawite Arabs uise those twa kirks on a regular basis.
Nouadays, thare is a sma nummer o Armenie inhabitants in Aramo, maist o whom speak the Arabic leid.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2019-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- Aramo Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine in Syria Looks