Kassun al-Jabal
Kassun al-Jabal
كاسون الجبل | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kassun al-Jabal Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°9′17″N 36°50′52″E / 35.15472°N 36.84778°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 586 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3016 |
Kassun al-Jabal (Arabic: كاسون الجبل) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located east of Hama city. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kassun al-Jabal had a population of 586 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Sunni Muslims.
History
[edit]Kassun al-Jabal was owned by the Bani Khalid, partly nomadic Bedouin tribe in central Syria, in the early 20th century. Its inhabitants were Sunni Muslim Arabs of Bedouin origin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Comité de l'Asie française 1933, pp. 132–133.
Bibliography
[edit]- Comité de l'Asie française (April 1933). "Notes sur la propriété foncière dans le Syrie centrale (Notes on Landownership in Central Syria)". Bulletin du Comité de l'Asie française (in French). 33 (309). Comité de l'Asie française: 130–136.
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