Tell al-Tut
Tell al-Tut
تل التوت | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tell al-Tut Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°59′26″N 37°9′50″E / 34.99056°N 37.16389°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Salamiyah |
| Subdistrict | Barri Sharqi |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,923 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3265 |
Tell al-Tut (Arabic: تل التوت) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Barri Sharqi Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate. It is located 45 kilometers (28 mi) east of Hama and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) east of Salamiyah.[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell al-Tut had a population of 1,923 in the 2004 census.[2] The population is religiously mixed[1] and includes an Ismaili community.[3]
History
[edit]Ottoman period
[edit]Modern Tell al-Tut was founded in 1891 by the al-Hajj and Dahhak families, who owned property in the nearby area of Shaykh Ali. Their respective patriarchs, Hassan al-Hajj and Ali al-Dahhak, found their lands in Shaykh Ali to be insufficient for their growing clans and settled in the ruins of Tell al-Tut. The first homes were mud huts with conical-shaped domes. The founders were soon after joined the families of Al Hassan Yousef, Al Sheikh Hassan Awad and al-Dawa, who helped restore the village's irrigation canals.[1]
Modern period
[edit]As of 2009, Tell al-Tut was economically dependent on rainfed agriculture, mainly the cultivation of olives and grapevines, especially the latter. It was also a summer resort village for the inhabitants of Salamiyah, attracted to the village's large forest and olive groves.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Al-Qasir, Mohammed (3 October 2009). "قرية "تل التوت".. قـُـبلةُ "سلمية" ومَصيفها (Tal al-Tut Village... Salamiyah's Destination and Summer Resort)". e-Syria (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ al-Jundy, Shady (21 July 2016). "'As the darkness increased, so did our fear': Residents of regime-held Hama village flee Islamic State attack". Syria Direct. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
