Qarmas قرمص Qurmus | |
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Municipality | |
  Qarmas Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°54′35″N36°27′18″E / 34.909725°N 36.455040°E /34.909725; 36.455040 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Masyaf |
| Subdistrict | Awj |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 5,331 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Qarmas (Arabic:قرمص, also spelledQurmus) is a village in northernSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate, located 46 kilometers (29 mi) southwest ofHama.[1] Nearby localities includeAqrab to the north,Tell Dahab to the east,Kafr Laha to the southeast,al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the south,Maryamin to the southwest,Awj andKafr Kamrah to the west andBaarin to the northwest.
According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qarmas had a population of 5,331 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.[3] Most of the village's lands are planted with olive and fig groves and vineyards, while near the village is a small fir and oak forest. As of 2010, most of the working inhabitants were engaged in agriculture and livestock. Qarmas has a primary and secondary school.[1]
In anOttoman government record from 1818 Qarmas was listed as part of the village ofMaryamin in the mainly Alawite 'Jabal Gharbi' fiscal district (muqata'a) ofHama Sanjak and paid 4,580qirsh in taxes.[4] In 1838 it was recorded as anAlawite village.[5]
In the late 19th or early 20th centuries, the inhabitants of Qarmas sold or 'ceded' their lands to theurban notables ofHama, turning its Alawite small landowners into tenant farmers. By the early 1930s, the village was owned by the Barazi family of Hama.[3]
In March 2007, the Qarmas Municipality was established to administer Qarmas and neighboringQasraya.[1]
