Qasr Abu Samrah قصر أبو سمرة | |
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  Qasr Abu Samrah | |
| Coordinates:35°21′16″N36°58′19″E / 35.35444°N 36.97194°E /35.35444; 36.97194 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama Governorate |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Suran |
| Control |  Syrian Salvation Government[1] |
| Population (2004)[2] | |
• Total | 849 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Qasr Abu Samrah (Arabic:قصر أبو سمرة) is a village and archaeological site inSyria, administratively a part of theHama District of theHama Governorate, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) northeast ofHama city. Nearby localities includeZughba to the north,al-Tulaysiyah to northwest,al-Junaynah to the west,Fan al-Shamali andQasr al-Makhram to the southwest,Duma to the southeast, andal-Hazim to the northeast.[3]
According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qasr Abu Samrah had a population of 849 in the 2004 census.[2]
Qasr Abu Samrah contains the ruins of aByzantine-era tower and church, both of them not well-preserved. The church was built completely frombasalt. One row of five columns, out of the original two, remains standing, large doorway of the structure.[4]
On 2 December 2024, the opposition forces captured the town after theSAF abandoned their posts in order to retreat intoHama.
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