Shathah

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| name = Shathah

| settlement_type = Town

| official_name = Shathah al-Tahta
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| native_name = شطحة

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in 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 = Al-Suqaylabiyah

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Shathah

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| population_as_of = 2004

| population_total = 8076

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Shathah ({{langx|ar|شطحة التحتا}}, šaṭḥat at-taḥta) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Slinfah to the northwest, Nabl al-Khatib and Farikah to the north, al-Huwash to the northeast, Huwayjat al-Sallah to the southeast, Inab to the south and Ayn al-Tineh to the west.[http://mapcarta.com/12674474 Shathat al Tahta]. Mapcarta.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shathah had a population of 8,076 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and largest town of Shathah Subdistrict, which consisted of 12 localities with a collective population of 25,273 in 2004.[https://archive.today/20130112180747/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-8-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

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