Ayyubiyah
Sign in to saveAyyo () is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located south of Hama. It is neighbored by Kafr Buhum to the northwest, al-Khalidiyah to the north, Maarin al-Jabal to the northeast, Besirin to the south and Sasikun to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ayyo had a population of 1,980 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.
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It sits within the topics Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Syria and Populated places in Hama District.
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- Locality
- أيو
- Region
- محافظة حماة
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 1,980
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Ayyo () is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located south of Hama. It is neighbored by Kafr Buhum to the northwest, al-Khalidiyah to the north, Maarin al-Jabal to the northeast, Besirin to the south and Sasikun to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ayyo had a population of 1,980 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.
==History== In an 1828 Ottoman tax register, Ayyu was listed as a relatively small grain-growing village of 6 feddans and paying 660 qirsh in taxes. In 1838, it was recorded as a Greek Orthodox Christian village (though the authors spelled it 'Abbu').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ayyubiyah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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