Place:Ḥamāh, Syria

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NameḤamāh
Alt namesHamasource: wikipedia
Ḥamāh governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ḩamāhsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 628
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates35.15°N 36.733°E
Located inSyria
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Qaşr Ibn Wardan
Inhabited place
As-Salamīyah
Aṣ-Ṣaqlabīyah
Hama
Maṣyāf
Muḥradah
Qalaat al-Mudik
Qiṣrāyā
Shayzar
Tall Salḥab
Ṣūrān
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Hama Governorate ( / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the south, Raqqa Governorate to the west, Homs Governorate to the north, and Tartus and Latakia Governorate to the east. It is the only Governorate (excluding Damascus) that does not border a foreign country. Measures of its area vary from 8,844 km2 to 8,883 km2, with its capital being the city of Hama. Ḥamāh is a governorate.

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