Kafr Nabudah

Kafr Nabudah (Arabic: كفر نبودة, also spelled Kafar Nabuda) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Qalaat al-Madiq and Jamasat Udayat to the west, al-Suqaylabiyah to the southwest, al-Mughayr and Karnaz to the south, Kafr Zita to the southeast and al-Habit to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Nabudah had a population of 13,513 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in the Qalaat al-Madiq nahiyah ("subdistrict.")[1]

Kafr Nabudah

كفر نبودة

Kafar Nabuda
Town
Kafr Nabudah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°25′54″N 36°29′34″E
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictAl-Suqaylabiyah
SubdistrictQalaat al-Madiq
Population
 (2004)
  Total13,513
  Ethnicities
Syrians

History

In 2011, a mosaic was discovered in Kafr Nabudah dates back to the 6th century during the Byzantine era.[2]

In 1838, its inhabitants were noted as being predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

During the Syrian Civil War, the Syrian army re-controlled the town during the Northwestern Syria offensive in 2019.

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