Ayyo ( ar, أيو) is a village in northern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, administratively part of the

Hama Governorate Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates ...

, located south of

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. Nearby localities include Kafr Buhum to the northwest, al-Khalidiyah to the north, Maarin al-Jabal to the northeast,

al-Buraq The Buraq ( ar, الْبُرَاق "the lightning") is a heavenly equine or chimeral beast in Islamic tradition that notably served as the mount of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his Isra and Mi'raj journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and up ...

to the east, Nisrin to the southeast and

al-Biyah al-Biyah ( ar, البيه) is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Nahiyah, Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Biyah had a population of ...

and

Birin Birin ( ar, بيرين) is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District Hama District ( ar, منطقة حماة ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the time of the 2004 ...

to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ayyo had a population of 1,980 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

References

{{Hama Governorate, hama Populated places in Hama District Christian communities in Syria