Akakir

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| official_name = Akakir

| native_name = عكاكير

| other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Akakeer}}

| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = Syria

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hama

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Masyaf

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Awj

| elevation_ft = 2,489

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| population_total = 2,495

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = EET

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Akakir ({{langx|ar|عكاكير}}, also spelled Akakeer) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Ram to the west, Fahel to the south, al-Shinyah to the southeast, al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the east, Maryamin to the northeast and Kafr Kamrah and Awj to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Akakir had a population of 2,495 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-17-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130113024141/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-17-2004.htm |date=2013-01-13 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/180/mode/1up 180]

In 1829, during the Late Ottoman period, Akakir was part of Jabal Gharbi, a fiscal region inhabited by members of the Alawite community,Douwes, 2000, p. 142. and paid 1,812 qirsh to satisfy the takalif, a tax meant to cover the expenses of the annual hajj ("pilgrimage") to Mecca. This was a decrease from 1818 when the village paid 2,312 qirsh.Douwes, 2000, p. 229. It was classified as an Alawite village in 1838 by English scholar Eli Smith. In 1929 Akakir was one of five villages (the other three were al-Bayyadiyah, al-Rusafa, Abu Qubays and Baarin) to be ceded to the Alawite State from the qadaa ("subdistrict") of Masyaf of the Sanjak of Hama.Bosworth, 1989, p. 791.