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Kawkab (; also transliterated as ''Kokab'') is a village in central
Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
, administratively part of the Suran Subdistrict of
Hama District Hama District ( ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the time of the 2023 Census, it had a population of 1,054,000 Its administrative centre is the city of Hama. It is now controlled by the Syrian ...
, located about east of
Hama Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,639 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are
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s.


History

In 1905, during Ottoman rule (1517–1918), Kawkab was sold by a
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of the
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, a partly
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tribe of central-northern Syria, to the prominent landowning
al-Azm family Al-Azm family ( , ) is a prominent Damascus, Damascene family. Their political influence in Ottoman Syria began in the 18th century when members of the family administered Maarrat al-Nu'man and Hama. A scion of the family, Ismail Pasha al-Azm, wa ...
of
Hama Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
. Its inhabitants were
Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...
Arab tenant farmers. As of 2010, Kawkab's economy was based on agriculture, trade and self-employment outside the village, with most workers engaged in agriculture. Pistachios and olives were the main agricultural crops, and to a lesser extent wheat, cumin and lentils.


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* {{Hama Governorate, hama Alawite communities in Syria Populated places in Hama District