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Sha'tah

Coordinates: 35°21′10″N 36°53′41″E / 35.35278°N 36.89472°E / 35.35278; 36.89472
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Sha'tah
الشعثة
Village
Sha'tah is located in Syria
Sha'tah
Sha'tah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°21′10″N 36°53′41″E / 35.35278°N 36.89472°E / 35.35278; 36.89472
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictHama
SubdistrictSuran
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
103
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3017

Sha'tah (Arabic: الشعثة) is a hamlet in central Syria, administratively part of the Suran Subdistrict of the Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sha'tah had a population of 103 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

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In the late 19th or early 20th century, Sha'tah was sold by the Bani Khalid tribe of central Syria to the urban notables of Hama. Its inhabitants were Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Comité de l'Asie française 1933, pp. 131–133.

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