Tuwaym التويم | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tuwaym Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°9′42″N36°32′20″E / 35.16167°N 36.53889°E /35.16167; 36.53889 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,428 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6308 |
Tuwaym (Arabic:التويم,romanized: al-Tuwaym: also transliteratedTuweim) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tuwaym had a population of 1,428 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.
In anOttoman court record from 1818, Tuwaym was listed as a village of theHama Sanjak, consisting of 8feddans and paying 660qirsh in taxes.[2] In 1838, Tuwaym was recorded as aSunni Muslim village.[3] In the late 19th or early 20th centuries, the inhabitants sold all or most of their lands to theurban notables ofHama. In the early 1930s, the inhabitants wereAlawite tenant farmers and the lands were mostly owned by different notable families of Hama.[4]
