Kafr Nabudah

Kafr Nabudah (Arabic: كفر نبودة, also spelled Kafar Nabuda) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Qalaat al-Madiq and Jamasat Udayat to the west, al-Suqaylabiyah to the southwest, al-Mughayr and Karnaz to the south, Kafr Zita to the southeast and al-Habit to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Nabudah had a population of 13,513 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in the Qalaat al-Madiq nahiyah ("subdistrict.")^[2]

Kafr Nabudah كفر نبودة Kafar Nabuda
Town
Kafr Nabudah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°25′54″N 36°29′34″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Al-Suqaylabiyah
Subdistrict	Qalaat al-Madiq
Control	Syrian Salvation Government[1]
Population  (2004)
• Total	13,513
• Ethnicities	Syrians

History

In 2011, a mosaic was discovered in Kafr Nabudah dates back to the 6th century during the Byzantine era.^[3] By 1526, the settlement was home to 18 households and 4 bachelors, but by the end of the 16th century it had shrunk to only 6 households.^[4]

In 1838, its inhabitants were noted as being predominantly Sunni Muslims.^[5]

During the Syrian Civil War, the town quickly fell to Syrian opposition forces, but would be shelled repeatedly by both the regime (in 2013) and Russian (in 2015) air forces.^[6][7] The Syrian army regained control of the town during the Northwestern Syria offensive on June 2, 2019.^[8]

On 30 November 2024, HTS rebels recaptured the city from the Syrian Army.