Ayyo

Ayyo (Arabic: أيو) 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.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.

Ayyo أيو
Village
Ayyo Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35.032737°N 36.734591°E / 35.032737; 36.734591
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Hama
Subdistrict	Hama
Population  (2004)
• Total	1,980
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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.^[2] In 1838, it was recorded as a Greek Orthodox Christian village (though the authors spelled it 'Abbu').^[3]