Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria, located 213 kilometers north of Damascus and 46 kilometers north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate, the only governorate with no land borders with any foreign country, and with a population of around 600,000 to 800,000 is one of the four largest cities in Syria, alongside Damascus, Aleppo and Homs. Hama is known for its cheesemaking tradition, notably reflected in the local dessert Halawet el Jibn.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
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Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria.
Source Hama (Wikipedia)
Syria is listed under Western Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Sources
1. Hama (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'First settled' = '15th century BCE' on 'Hama'
Infobox: population_total
546 604
Associated With: Syria, Lead section
Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria.
View the Source 2. Hama (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.135, longitude 36.75
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 289 m
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Ḩamāh - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 270 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 36.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 36.75
35.25 36.75 Csa
5. GeoNames: Ḩamāh - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 170017Quote, cities500 record 170017
35.13179 36.75783 P PPLA SY 10 460602 270 Asia/Damascus
Wikidata: Hama
Wikidata Q173545, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionAssociated With: Western Asia, Western Asia subregion listQuote, Associated With: Western Asia, Western Asia subregion list
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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