Tell Abdel Aziz تل عبد العزيز | |
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Village | |
  Tell Abdel Aziz Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°14′0″N37°8′56″E / 35.23333°N 37.14889°E /35.23333; 37.14889 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Salamiyah |
| Subdistrict | Sabburah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 542 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3305 |
Tell Abdel Aziz (Arabic:تل عبد العزيز) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theSabburah Subdistrict of theSalamiyah District of theHama Governorate. It is located 65 kilometers (40 mi) east ofHama and 30 kilometers (19 mi) north ofSalamiyah.[1] According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Abdel Aziz had a population of 542 in the 2004 census.[2] It was anAlawite village.[3]
The village was named after Abdel Aziz, the sheikh of aBedouin tribe that settled on thetell (archaeological mound) adjacent to the village. Most of the modern constructions are built from reinforced concrete, but the village retains several of its traditional clay-builtbeehive houses. The inhabitants of Tell Abd al-Aziz mainly depend on rain-fed agriculture. The main crops are grapes, and to a lesser extent barley, wheat and orchard fruits, and around 2009 the villagers began growing olives and raising livestock. The second main source of employment is in the public sector.[1]
Since the end of theSyrian Civil War, many of the villages families have been displaced.[3]
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