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Kafr Hour

Sa'sa' Subdistrict, Syria

Kafr Hour
Kafr Hour. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Kafr Hawr (also spelled Kafr Hawar or Kafr Hur) is a Syrian village situated 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,957 at the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. The village is built into the side of a hill near Mount Hermon, just north of modern-day Hinah, which was an ancient settlement Ptolemy mentioned as Ina. It sits opposite a village called Beitima across a valley through which flows the River 'Arny.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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