Kafr Ruma
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Kafr Rumah كفر ومة Kafrumah Kfar Ruma |
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| Village | |
 Kafr Rumah
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| Coordinates: 35°38′3″N 36°37′56″E / 35.63417°N 36.63222°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Subdistrict | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 12,276 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. 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 Ruman contains ancients 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 were held up by arches.
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