Kafr Rumah كفر ومة Kafrumah Kfar Ruma | |
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Village | |
  Kafr Rumah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°38′3″N36°37′56″E / 35.63417°N 36.63222°E /35.63417; 36.63222 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Subdistrict | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 12,276 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kafr Rumah (Arabic:كفر ومة, also spelledKafrumah orKfar Ruma) is a town in northwesternSyria, administratively part of theMaarrat al-Nu'man District of theIdlib Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Rumah had a population of 12,276 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlySunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities includeHass, Syria andKafr Nabl to the west,Sarjah to the north,Maarrat al-Nu'man to the east andHish to the south.
Kafr Rumah contains ancient ruins. Among them is abridge consisting of slabs built on ten pillars instead of the typical style ofRoman andByzantine-era bridges in theLevant and elsewhere, which are supported byarches.[2]
According to the 13th century Muslim scholarYaqut al-Hamawi,Kafar Ruma was:
"A village ofMa'arrah an Nu'man. It was once a celebrated fortress, but was ruined byLulu as Saifi, who conqueredHalab in 393 (1003)".[3]
In 1526, a decade after theOttoman conquest of Syria, the village had a recorded population of 132 households and 26bachelors. It was the largest village within the Maarrat al-Nu'mannahiya.[4]
