Khitab

Not to be confused with Kitab.

Town in Hama, Syria

Khitab

خطاب

Khutab
Khattab

Town

Khitab

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°11′51″N 36°40′2″E﻿ / ﻿35.19750°N 36.66722°E﻿ / 35.19750; 36.66722
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Hama
District| Hama
Subdistrict| Hama
Control|  Syrian Salvation Government[1]
Population

(2004)

• Total

| 10,830

Khattab (Arabic: خطاب, also spelled Khutab or Khattab) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, northwest of Hama located near the Orontes River. Nearby localities include Qamhana to the east, Shihat Hama to the southeast, Kafr al-Tun to the southwest, al-Majdal to the west, Mhardeh and Halfaya to the northwest and Taybat al-Imam to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Khitab had a population of 10,830 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

In late 1829, during the Ottoman era, Khitab was part of the Hama Sanjak. It consisted of 55 feddans and paid 5,610 qirsh in taxes to the treasury.[4] In 1838, Khitab was recorded as a Sunni Muslim village.[5]

In the 1930s, during French Mandatory rule, about two-thirds of Khitab's lands were mortgaged from the al-Azm family, the rest mortgaged from the Kaylani family; both were part of the urban landowning elites of Hama. The inhabitants of the village were Sunni Muslim Arab farmers.[6]

During the Syrian Civil War, many men from the town were recruited into the regime's Tarmeh Regiment.[7] At the same time, there were many in the town who supported the revolution.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "3 km to reach Hama city.. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham surrounds Hama city from 3 sides and cuts off roads with the city" (in Arabic). SOHR. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
2. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
3. ^ "Syria rebels rampage through Sunni village, killing 1". CBS News. Associated Press. 2014-07-09.
4. ^ Douwes 2000, pp. 224–225.
5. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 179
6. ^ Comité de l'Asie française 1933, pp. 132–134.
7. ^ Waters, Gregory (October 2018). "THE TIGER FORCES: PRO-ASSAD FIGHTERS BACKED BY RUSSIA" (PDF). Middle East Institute. p. 25. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
8. ^ Alloush, Basma (2022-03-24). "The Village of Khattab: A Syrian Story". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy -. Retrieved 2024-12-12.

## Bibliography

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* Comité de l'Asie française (April 1933). "Notes sur la propriété foncière dans le Syrie centrale (Notes on Landownership in Central Syria)". Bulletin du Comité de l'Asie française (in French). 33 (309). Comité de l'Asie française: 130–136.
* Douwes, Dick (2000). The Ottomans in Syria: A History of Justice and Oppression. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1860640311.
* Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3\. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

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Hama Governorate

Hama District

| Hama
Subdistrict|

* Hama
* Abu Dardah
* Abu Mansaf
* Adabas
* al-Alamein
* Amarat Aslan
* Arzah
* Awja al-Janah
* Ayyo
* Bahra
* Bayad
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* Hawir al-Salib
* Jajiyah
* Jarjara
* Jarjisa
* Jibrin
* Jinan
* Jumaqliyah
* Juziyah
* Kafraa
* Kafr Amim
* Kafr Buhum
* Kafr al-Tun
* Kassun al-Jabal
* al-Khula
* al-Khalidiyah
* Khitab
* Maar Daftein
* Maarin al-Jabal
* Maar Shuhur
* al-Mubattan
* Madbaa
* Maqtaa al-Hajar
* Matnin
* Mubarakat
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* Qamhana
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* Sawa
* Shihat Hama
* Shiraaya
* Surayhin
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* Taqsis
* Tayzin
* Tishrin
* Tuwaym
* Tell al-Nahr
* Tell Qartal
* Umm al-Amad
* Umm al-Tuyour
* Zabada
* Zor Abu Dardah
* Zor al-Sarmiyah
* Zor Taqsis

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Hirbnafsah
Subdistrict|

* Hirbnafsah
* Aqrab
* Akrad Ibrahim
* Baja
* Birin
* Bisin
* al-Biyah
* Bulous
* Deir al-Fardis
* al-Humayri
* Jidrin
* al-Jafiah
* Kafr Qadah
* Khirbet Aref
* Khirbet al-Jami
* Khirbet al-Qasr
* al-Muah
* Musa al-Houla
* Qufaylun
* al-Rawda
* Suma'ah
* Talaf
* al-Tulaysiyah al-Janubiyah
* Toumin
* Zara'a

Suran
Subdistrict|

* Suran
* Atshan
* Buwaydah
* Fan Shamali
* al-Junaynah
* Kawkab
* Khafsin
* Khirbet al-Hajama
* Lahaya
* Maardis
* Maarkaba
* Ma'an
* Masasneh
* Murak
* Qasr Abu Samrah
* Qasr al-Makhram
* Qubaybat Abu al-Huda
* Shatheh
* Taybat al-Imam
* Taybat al-Ism
* al-Tulaysiyah
* Umm Haratayn
* Zor Abu Zayd
* Zor al-Haysa al-Sharqiyah

Hamraa
Subdistrict|

* Al-Hamraa
* Abu Ajwa
* al-Ala
* al-Anz
* Arfa
* Aziziyah
* Baroudiyah
* Bayud
* Dali
* Duma
* Fayda
* Halabiyah
* Huways Ibn Hadib
* Haymaniyah
* al-Hazim
* Janat al-Sawarnah
* Jubb al-Uthman
* Jubb al-Safa
* Junaynah
* Jadduah Shamaliyah
* Kharsan
* Maaloula
* Muwaylah al-Sirwana
* Maar Shamali
* Qanater
* Qasr Ali
* Qasr Ibn Wardan
* Rabda
* Rasm Anz
* Rasm al-Daheriyah
* Rasm al-Ward
* Ruhayyah
* Shihat al-Hamraa
* al-Samaqiyah al-Qibliyah
* Suruj
* Tarfawi
* Tharwat
* Tulayhat
* Tuwal Dabaghin
* Umm Habes
* Umm Turaykat al-Qibliyah
* Umm Zahmak
* al-Zughbah

Al-Suqaylabiyah District

| Al-Suqaylabiyah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Suqaylabiyah
* Abr Beit Seif
* Abu Klifun
* Ammurin
* Annab
* Ayn al-Kurum
* Ayn Waridah
* Ballunah
* Breij
* al-Hurra
* Hawrat Ammurin
* Hayalin
* Jurniyat al-Tar
* Karamah
* al-Khandaq al-Gharbi
* al-Khandaq al-Sharqiyah
* Khansaa
* Maksar
* Mashta' al-Shalahmah
* Nabe al-Tayeb
* Qalaat Jaras
* Rawdat al-Tar
* al-Rihana
* Saidiyah
* Salba
* Saqiyat Najm
* Shahta
* al-Shajar
* Tahunat al-Halawa
* Tell Kumbatri
* Tell al-Titeen
* Uwaynah

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Shathah
Subdistrict|

* Shathah
* Ayn Jurjin
* Farikah
* Haydariyah
* Jubb al-Ghar
* Jurin
* Mashta Mahfuz
* Maradash
* Na'ur Jurin
* Nubl al-Khatib
* Qatrat al-Rihan
* Rihana

Tell Salhab
Subdistrict|

* Tell Salhab
* Abu Qubays
* Abu Faraj
* Al-Asharinah
* Birat al-Jabal
* Ayn al-Jurn
* Hawayeq
* Hawr al-Mawsil
* Kanayes
* al-Kashati
* Khareb
* al-Latma
* Mazhal
* Nahr al-Bared
* Ras al-Jurn
* Tamaza
* Tubah

Ziyarah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Ziyarah
* al-Amara
* al-Amqiyah Tahta
* al-Ankawi
* Awja al-Tuba
* al-Bahsa
* Barakah
* Duqmaq
* Duwayr al-Akrad
* Ayn al-Hamaam
* Fawru
* Khirbet al-Naqus
* Mansura
* Maarana
* Mashik
* al-Qahira
* Qarqur
* Qastal al-Burayj
* Qastun
* Qulaydin
* al-Safsafa
* Sirmaniyah
* al-Sindiyana
* Tell Wasit
* Zayzun
* al-Zaqum

Qalaat al-Madiq
Subdistrict|

* Qalaat al-Madiq
* Ashrafiyah
* al-Bani
* al-Aziziyah
* Bab al-Taqa
* al-Barid
* Deir Sunbul
* al-Huwayz
* al-Huwayz al-Shamali
* al-Hamra
* al-Hawash
* al-Humayrat
* al-Hurriyah
* Hawijah Fauqa
* Hawijah Sayyad
* Hawijat al-Sallah
* Jamasat Udayat
* al-Jayyid
* Kafr Nabudah
* al-Karim
* Kawri
* al-Kurkat
* Mastarihat Afamiyah
* Midan Ghazal
* Qabr Fidda
* al-Qahirah
* Qiratah
* al-Ramlah
* al-Rasif
* Salihiyah
* Sahariyah
* Shahranaz
* al-Sha'irah
* Tell Huwash
* Tamana al-Ghab
* al-Thuwarah
* al-Tuwayni
* al-Zitiyah

Masyaf District

| Masyaf
Subdistrict|

* Masyaf
* Anbura
* al-Bayda
* al-Bayyadiyah
* Biqraqa
* al-Bustan
* Biqasqas
* Deir Huwayt
* Deir Mama
* Deir al-Salib
* al-Findara
* Hayalin
* al-Haylunah
* al-Hurayf
* Jobet Kalakh
* Kafr Aqid
* al-Laqbah
* Mashta Deir Mama
* Matna
* al-Nahda
* Qabu Shamsiyah
* Qayrun
* Qurtuman
* Rabu
* al-Rusafa
* al-Shamsiyah
* al-Shiha
* Sighata
* al-Suwaydah
* Tayr Jamlah
* Tayr Jubbah
* Tell Afar
* al-Zamaliyah
* al-Zaynah

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Awj
Subdistrict|

* Awj
* Akakir
* Baarin
* Bishanin
* Huwayr al-Turukman
* Kafr Kamra
* Khirbet Nisaf
* Khanazir
* Nisaf
* Qarmas
* Qasraya
* Ta'unah
* Zor Baarin

Ayn Halaqim
Subdistrict|

* Ain Halaqim
* Ayn al-Shams
* Aq Duqar
* Asheq Omar
* Ba'amrah
* Barshin
* Bayt Atiq
* Bayt Natar
* al-Dulaybah
* Hermel
* Hikr Bayt Atiq
* Kahf al-Habash
* Khirbet Hazur
* al-Majawi
* al-Mashrafah
* Qasr al-Ayan
* Tin al-Sabil

Jubb Ramlah
Subdistrict|

* Jubb Ramlah
* Alamiyah
* Asilah
* Deir Shamil
* Dimu
* Hanjur
* Hizanu
* Julaymadun
* Jarajis
* Kanafu
* Khan Jalaymadun
* Maarin
* Mahrusah
* Mushashin
* Qurayyat
* Qurin
* Sarmiyah
* Sulukiyah
* Uqayrabah
* Zahraa
* Zawi

Wadi al-Uyun
Subdistrict|

* Wadi al-Uyun
* Ammuriyah
* Ayn al-Bayda
* Ayn Farraj
* Ayn al-Karam
* Bashawi
* Bayt Raqata
* Barayzah
* Bir al-Wadi
* Birat al-Jurd
* Duwayr al-Mashayekh
* Jabita
* Kafr Laha
* Kamaliyah
* Marha
* Maysara
* Naqir
* Qussiyah
* al-Sindiyana
* Tamarqiyah
* Zaytuna

Mahardah District

| Mahardah
Subdistrict|

* Mahardah
* Abu Ubaydah
* Abu Rubays
* al-Arid
* Halfaya
* Huwat
* al-Judaydah
* Kafr Hud
* Khirbet Subin
* Khunayzir
* Maarzaf (al-Qubeir)
* al-Majdal
* Shaizar
* Shir
* Safsafiyah
* Tell Malah
* Tell Sikkin
* Tremseh
* Zilaqiat
* Zawr al-Qaadah

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Kafr Zita
Subdistrict|

* Kafr Zita
* Arba'in
* Hamamiyat
* Latmin
* al-Sayyad
* al-Zakah

Karnaz
Subdistrict|

* Karnaz
* al-Asman
* al-Jalamah
* Jubbayn
* al-Lataminah
* al-Mughayr
* Shaykh Hadid

Salamiyah District

| Salamiyah
Subdistrict|

* Salamiyah
* Ali Kasun
* Bardunah
* Buwaydah
* Dunaybah
* Danin
* Duwaybah
* Fan Qibli
* Fan Wastani
* al-Ghawi
* Halban
* Jamala
* al-Kafat
* Karim
* Khafiyah
* Khunayfis
* Kaytalun
* al-Malih
* Marj Mattar
* Nawa
* Qablahat
* Qubbat al-Kurdi
* al-Rubbah
* al-Sabil
* Safawi
* Samnah
* Shakara
* Shaykh Ali
* Sibaa
* Shaykh Rih
* Smakh
* Sunaydah
* Tell Ada
* Tell Dahab
* Tell Hasan Basha
* Tell Khaznah
* Tell Sinan
* Taldara
* Tirad
* Thawra
* Thayl al-Jal
* Tiba al-Turki
* Tuba
* Tulul al-Humur
* Umm al-Amad
* Umm Tuwaynah
* al-Uwayr
* Zighrin

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Barri
Subdistrict|

* Barri Sharqi
* Abu Hanaya
* Abu Habilat
* Akash
* Arshunah
* Barri al-Gharbi
* Furaytan
* al-Hardanah
* al-Khurayjah
* Mafkar
* Salam Gharbi
* Tell al-Tut
* Tell Jadid
* Umm Mil

Sabburah
Subdistrict|

* Sabburah
* Abu Khanadiq
* Aqarib
* Fawrah
* al-Judaydah
* Jadduah
* Jubb Zurayq
* Jissin
* Khunayfis al-Dawsa
* Mabujah
* Qanafath
* Qubaybat
* Salba
* Samiriyah
* Shahba
* Shuhayb
* Tell Abd al-Aziz
* Tell al-Ghir
* Tell al-Shih
* Umm Khurayzah

Uqayribat
Subdistrict|

* Uqayribat
* Abu Dali
* Abu Hakfa
* Abu al-Fashafish
* Bustan al-Subeih
* Dakhilah
* Hamada al-Omar
* Hanutah
* Haddaj
* Jani al-Albawi
* Jubb Abyad
* Jubb Dakhilah
* Jayruh
* Makhbuta
* Masud
* Mashrafah
* Na'imiyah
* Makaymin Shamali
* Qastal
* Rasm al-Abid
* Rasm Elahmar
* Rasm al-Bardakana
* Ruwaydah
* Suha
* Tabara al-Hamra
* Tahmaz

Saan
Subdistrict|

* Al-Saan
* Abu Hurayk
* Abu al-Ghor
* Amya
* Aniq Bajra
* Awja–Qabasin al-Arab
* al-Ayah
* Baghadid
* Harat al-Sharqiyah
* Hasu al-Qiblawi
* Ithriya
* Jakuziyah
* Jubb Khasara
* Makharib
* Mawilah
* Rahjan
* Rasm al-Ahmar
* Rasm Amun
* Sarha
* Shaykh Hilal
* al-Suwayah
* Umm Mayal

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