Maar Shuhur

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| official_name = Maar Shuhur

| native_name = معر شحور

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Village

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

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hama

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Hama

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Hama

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| population_total = 5,595

| population_as_of = 2004

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| timezone = EET

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Maar Shuhur ({{langx|ar|معر شحور}}) is a Syrian village located in the Hama Subdistrict of the Hama District in Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maar Shuhur had a population of 5,595 in the 2004 census.{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}}

Most of the population work in agriculture, growing cumin, lentils and grains.{{Cite web |last=Rem |date=27 June 2018 |title=بلدة معرشحور بحماة تواجه نقصا في مياه الشرب والجهات المعنية تعمل على تأمين آبار إضافية |trans-title=Maarshhour town in Hama faces a shortage of drinking water and the concerned authorities are working to secure additional wells |url=https://sana.sy/?p=773689 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=S A N A |language=ar}}

History

In 1526, Maar Shuhur had a population of 10 households, increasing in size by 1551 to 20 households and 10 bachelors (who were often counted separately in Ottoman records for tax purposes). The village had no recorded population by 1594.{{Cite journal |last=Nasiroğlu |first=Mehtap |date=2014-01-01 |title=XIV. yüzyılda Hama Sancağında kırsal yerleşme |url=https://www.academia.edu/95350687/XIV_y%C3%BCzy%C4%B1lda_Hama_Sanca%C4%9F%C4%B1nda_k%C4%B1rsal_yerle%C5%9Fme |journal=Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi |page=136}}

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Category:Populated places in Hama District

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