Kafr Buhum
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Kafr Buhum كفر بهم |
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Kafr Buhum landscape
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 Kafr Buhum
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| Coordinates: 35°3′40″N 36°41′50″E / 35.06111°N 36.69722°ECoordinates: 35°3′40″N 36°41′50″E / 35.06111°N 36.69722°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 12,194 |
Kafr Buhum (Arabic: كفر بهم, Syriac: ܟܟܦܪ ܒܚܡ, Kafar Bouhoum) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 9 km southwest of Hama, 210 km (130 mi) north Damascus and 160 km (99 mi) south of Aleppo. Nearby localities include al-Rabiaa and Matnin to the northwest, Tayzin to the north, al-Khalidiyah to the east, Tell Qartal to the southeast, Birin to the south and al-Muah to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Buhum had a population of 12,194 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians. It is 330 meters (1082 ft) above the sea level.
Kafr Buhum is situated between the Orontes Valley to the east and south, the Masyaf Plateau to the west, the Mahardah Plateau to the north and the basaltic Harbnafsah Plateau to the southwest. The town's topography in the east and south is flatter than the north and west.
The town has a Mediterranean climate, in which winters are cold and rainy and summers warm and dry. The climate is affected by the distance from the Mediterranean Sea, 80 km (50 mi) west, and by the coastal mountains.
All sources indicate that the first part of the town's name, Kafr, derives from the Syriac word for "farm" or "village". The second part has several possible meanings, including, the plural of the Syriac word Pehmi which means "rock", the Syriac word Buhum which means "strong man", Kafr Abu which means "large house" and the Arabic Ebham, which means "thumb". The latter name derives from a local legend which holds that a thumb of Saint George is buried in Kafr Buhum's Saint George Church.
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