Kafr Rumah

Kafr Rumah (Arabic: كفر ومة, also spelled Kafrumah or Kfar Ruma) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Maarrat al-Nu'man District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Rumah had a population of 12,276 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.^[2] Nearby localities include Hass, Syria and Kafr Nabl to the west, Sarjah to the north, Maarrat al-Nu'man to the east and Hish to the south.

Kafr Rumah كفر ومة Kafrumah Kfar Ruma
Village
Kafr Rumah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°38′3″N 36°37′56″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Idlib
District	Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict	Maarrat al-Nu'man
Population  (2004)
• Total	12,276
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Kafr Rumah contains ancient ruins. Among them is a bridge consisting of slabs built on ten pillars instead of the typical style of Roman and Byzantine-era bridges in the Levant and elsewhere, which are supported by arches.^[2]

According to the 13th century Muslim scholar Yaqut al-Hamawi, Kafar Ruma was:

"A village of Ma'arrah an Nu'man. It was once a celebrated fortress, but was ruined by Lulu as Saifi, who conquered Halab in 393 (1003)".^[3]

In 1526, a decade after the Ottoman conquest of Syria, the village had a recorded population of 132 households and 26 bachelors. It was the largest village within the Maarrat al-Nu'man nahiya.^[4]