Samrah السمرة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Samrah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°17′26″N36°52′14″E / 35.29056°N 36.87056°E /35.29056; 36.87056 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,018 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3000 |
Samrah (Arabic:السمرة) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate, located northeast ofHama city. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Samrah had a population of 1,018 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants areAlawites.
Samrah was sold by asheikh of theBani Khalid, aBedouin tribe of central Syria, to theAzm family ofHama in 1915, toward the end ofOttoman rule. In the early 20th century, duringFrench Mandatory rule (1923–1946), the Azm family sold the village to the Barazi, another major landowning family of Hama. The inhabitants wereAlawite tenant farmers who settled in the village in the 1920s or early 1930s at the initiative of its Hama landlords to cultivate its lands.[2]
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