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Kfrbu
كفربو Kfarbou | |
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 Kafr bu landscape | |
  Kfrbu Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°3′40″N 36°41′50″E / 35.06111°N 36.69722°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 12,194 |
Kafr Buhum (Arabic: كفربو, 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 Bu had a population of 12,194 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian.[2] It is 330 meters (1082 ft) above the sea level.
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Socin, 1912, p. 371.