Umm al-Qasab ( ar, أم القصب, Umm al-Kāsāb, also spelled ''Umm al-Kasab'') is a village in northern
Syria located northwest of
Homs in the
Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Umm al-Qasab had a population of 904 in the 2004 census.
Its inhabitants are predominantly
Turkmens
Turkmens ( tk, , , , ; historically "the Turkmen"), sometimes referred to as Turkmen Turks ( tk, , ), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-weste ...
.
References
Populated places in Homs District
Turkmen settlements in Homs Governorate
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