Kafr Rumah
Kafr Rumah (Arabic: كفر ومة, also spelled Kafrumah or Kfar Ruma) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Maarrat al-Nu'man District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Rumah had a population of 12,276 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities include Hass, Syria and Kafr Nabl to the west, Sarjah to the north, Maarrat al-Nu'man to the east and Hish to the south. HistoryKafr Rumah contains ancient ruins. Among them is a bridge consisting of slabs built on ten pillars instead of the typical style of Roman and Byzantine-era bridges in the Levant and elsewhere, which are supported by arches.[2] According to the 13th century Muslim scholar Yaqut al-Hamawi, Kafar Ruma was:
In 1526, a decade after the Ottoman conquest of Syria, the village had a recorded population of 132 households and 26 bachelors. It was the largest village within the Maarrat al-Nu'man nahiya.[4] References
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