Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate

This article is about the Syrian village in Hama Governorate. For the Syrian village in Latakia Governorate, see Umm al-Tuyour, Latakia Governorate.

Umm al-Tuyour (Arabic: أم الطيور, also spelled Umm al-Tiyur) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr al-Tun to the northeast, Maarzaf to the north, Aqrab to the northwest, Deir al-Salib to the southwest, Billin to the south, al-Rabiaa to the southeast and Tayzin to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm al-Tuyour had a population of 2,588 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]

Umm al-Tuyour أم الطيور Umm al-Tiyur
Village
Umm al-Tuyour Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°7′49″N 36°32′3″E / 35.13028°N 36.53417°E / 35.13028; 36.53417
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Hama
Subdistrict	Hama
Population  (2004)
• Total	2,588

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 180

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.