Nisaf
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| official_name = Nisaf
| native_name = نيصاف
| other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Nasaf}}
| settlement_type = Village
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| coordinates = {{coord|34.932667|N|36.377792|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}}
| 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
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| elevation_m = 470
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| population_total = 4,048
| population_as_of = 2004
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| timezone = EET
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Nisaf ({{langx|ar|نيصاف}}, also spelled Nasaf) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Kamrah to the southeast, Baarin and Taunah to the east, al-Bayyadiyah to the northeast, al-Suwaydah to the north and Ayn Halaqim to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Nisaf had a population of 4,048 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] The local governing council for Nisaf was established in 1977 and it became a village council in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.hama.ws/cms/?cat=55|script-title=ar:لمحة موجزة عن الوحدة الإدارية في قرية نيصاف|date=29 September 2010|work=موقع محافظة حماة|publisher=محافظة حماة|access-date=1 January 2013|language=ar}}
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- {{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Boulanger|title=The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2a8LAQAAIAAJ&q=Tell+Selhab+Hama|publisher=Hachette|year=1966}}
- {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}
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{{Hama Governorate|masyaf}}
Category:Populated places in Masyaf District
Category:Alawite communities in Syria
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