Al-Kafat الكافات | |
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Village | |
  Al-Kafat Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°4′4″N36°53′19″E / 35.06778°N 36.88861°E /35.06778; 36.88861 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Salamiyah |
| Subdistrict | Salamiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,893 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3258 |
Al-Kafat (Arabic:الكافات) is aSyrian village located in theSalamiyah Subdistrict of theSalamiyah District of theHama Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Kafat had a population of 1,893 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyIsmailis.[2]
Al-Kafat was founded in 1870 by Ismaili peasants fromAkkar in modern-day northernLebanon. They initially began farming in the area surrounding al-Kafat, but mostly lived in nearbySalamiyah, the center of Ismaili life in Syria. The Akkari Ismailis of Salamiyah were forced off their land in the mid-19th century on the orders of the Ismailiemir (prince) of the city, who gave the land confiscated from them to his relatives. Part of the Akkaris returned to Akkar, while others went on to eventually establish al-Kafat, which became a prosperous suburb of Salamiyah.[2]
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