Hama (Arabic: حماة Ḥamāh [ħaˈmaː], Biblical Ḥamāth, "fortress") is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located 213 km (132 mi) north of Damascus and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate.
Population: 460,602
Latitude: 35° 07' 54.44" N
Longitude: 36° 45' 28.19" E
Hama (Arabic: حماة Ḥamāh [ħaˈmaː], Biblical Ḥamāth, "fortress") is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located 213 km (132 mi) north of Damascus and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north of Homs. It is the provincial capital…
The Orontes (/əˈrɒntiz/; Ὀρόντης) or Asi (Arabic: العاصي, ‘Āṣī; Turkish: Asi) is a northward flowing river starting in Lebanon and flowing through Syria and Turkey before entering the Mediterranean Sea.
The Norias of Hama (Arabic: نواعير حماة) are a number of norias ("wheels of pots") along the Orontes River in the city of Hama, Syria. Only seventeen of the original norias remain. They are mostly unused now and serve an aesthetic purpose. They wer…
Al-Rastan (Arabic: الرستن) is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of its administrative capital Homs and 22 kilometers (14 mi) from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south,…
Mhardeh (Arabic: محردة Maḥarda, pronounced Mħardé), also spelled Muhradah, is a city in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located about 23 kilometers northwest of Hama. It is situated along the Orontes River, near the G…
Shaizar (Arabic: شيزر; also called Saijar or Larissa in Syria) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include, Mhardeh, Tremseh, Kafr Hud, Khunayzir and Halfaya. Acco…
The Azm Palace (Arabic: بيت العظم, Beit al-Azem) is an 18th-century Ottoman palace in Hama, Syria located at the center of the city on the banks of the Orontes River, about 400 meters (1,300 ft) south of the Hama Citadel. Ross Burns, author of Monu…
The Nur Al-Din Mosque (Arabic: جامع نور الدين, transliteration: Jami Nur al-Din) is a Zengid-era mosque in Hama, Syria.
The Great Mosque of Hama (Arabic: جامع حماة الكبير), is a mosque in Hama, Syria. It is located about 400 meters (1,300 ft) west of the citadel.
The Kharaba Bridge is a Roman bridge in the fertile Hauran region of Syria close to the city of Bosra (ancient Bostra).