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Tell Dahab, Hama

Coordinates: 35°12′41″N 37°01′11″E / 35.211422°N 37.019677°E / 35.211422; 37.019677
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Tell Dahab
تل ذهب
Village
Tell Dahab is located in Syria
Tell Dahab
Tell Dahab
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°12′41″N 37°01′11″E / 35.211422°N 37.019677°E / 35.211422; 37.019677
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictSalamiyah District
SubdistrictSalamiyah Subdistrict
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
660
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3212

Tell Dahab (Arabic: تل ذهب) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Salamiyah District of Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Dahab had a population of 660 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

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Tell Dahab is one of several villages on the al-A'la plateau to contain Byzantine-era ruins. Greek inscriptions found on basalt lintels in the village date to 470, 489, 570 and 589 CE.[2] In 1838, Tell Dahab's inhabitants were noted to be predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Foss 1997, p. 233.
  3. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 179

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