Salamiyah ( ar, سلمية ') is a

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(

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) administratively belonging to

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 ...

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 ...

. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 187,123. Its

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is the city of

Salamiyah A full view of Shmemis (spring 1995) Salamieh ( ar, سلمية ') is a city and district in western Syria, in the Hama Governorate. It is located southeast of Hama, northeast of Homs. The city is nicknamed the "mother of Cairo" because it was t ...

Sub-districts

The district of Salamiyah is divided into five sub-districts or Nāḥiyas (population according to 2004 official census): *

Salamiyah Subdistrict Salamiyah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز السلمية) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Salamiyah District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Salamiyah Subdistrict had a population of 115300 ...

(ناحية سَلَمْيَة): population 115,300. * Barri Sharqi Subdistrict (ناحية بري الشرقي): population 13,767. *

Al-Saan Subdistrict Al-Saan Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية السعن) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Salamiyah District in Hama Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') is a city on the ban ...

(ناحية السعن): population 14,366. *

Sabburah Subdistrict Sabburah ( ar, ناحية صبورة) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Salamiyah District in Hama Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') is a city on the banks of the ...

(ناحية صبورة): population 21,900. * Uqayribat Subdistrict (ناحية عقيربات): population 21,004.

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