Hama (Arabic: حَمَاة Ḥamāh, ; Syriac: ܚܡܬ, romanized: ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit. ‘fortress’; Biblical Hebrew: חֲמָת Ḥamāṯ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria.It is located 213 km (132 mi) north of Damascus and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north of Homs.It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate.With a population of 854,000 (2009 census), Hama is …
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