Kaff al-Hammam

Kaff al-Hammam
كاف الحمام
Kaf al-Hamam
Village
Kaff al-Hammam
Coordinates: 35°3′1″N 35°56′8″E / 35.05028°N 35.93556°E / 35.05028; 35.93556
Country  Syria
Governorate Tartus
District Al-Shaykh Badr
Subdistrict Brummanet al-Mashayekh
Population (2004)[1]
  Total 372
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Kaff al-Hammam (Arabic: كاف الحمام, also spelled Kaf al-Hamam) is a village and suburb in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Hammam Wasel to the northwest, al-Qadmus to the northeast, Hammam Qanyah and al-Riqama to the east, Brummanet al-Mashayekh to the southeast, al-Shaykh Badr to the south, Brummanet Raad to the southwest and al-Qamsiyah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kaff al-Hammam had a population of 372 in the 2004 census.[1] The inhabitants of the village are predominantly Ismailis.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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