Shihat Hama

Shihat Hama (Arabic: الشيحة, also spelled Shiha or al-Shyha) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located just west of Hama. Nearby localities include Qamhana to the northeast, Khitab to the north, Kafr al-Tun to the west and Tayzin to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shihat Hama had a population of 3,985 in the 2004 census.^[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims^[3] In the 1960s, it was noted that Shihat Hama contained several domed huts.^[4] The village is administered by a municipality established in 1989. Other localities included in the municipality are Maar Daftein, al-Qadiriyah and Mazraat al-Safa.^[5]

Shihat Hama الشيحة Shiha
Village
Shihat Hama Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°9′18″N 36°41′4″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Hama
Subdistrict	Hama
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	3,985

References

1. "syr pop 2004 sycensus" (in Arabic and English).
2. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
3. Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 179
4. Boulanger, 1966, p. 369.
5. Shiha Municipality Hama - Ministry of Local Administration. 2010-12-29.

Bibliography

• Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.
• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.