Tamana al-Ghab

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| official_name = Tamana al-Ghab

| native_name = تمانعة الغاب

| other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Tamaanat al-Ghab}}

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hama

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Al-Suqaylabiyah

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| subdivision_name3 = Qalaat al-Madiq

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| population_total = 2,696

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Tamana al-Ghab ({{langx|ar|تمانعة الغاب}}, also spelled Tamaanat al-Ghab) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. It is situated in the al-Ghab plain, east of the Orontes River. It is abutted by al-Ramlah to the north and Rasif to the south with other nearby localities including center Hurriya to the southeast, al-Huwash to the east, al-Amqiyah al-Tahta to the northeast, al-Ziyarah to the north, Nabl al-Khatib to the west and Shathah to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tamana al-Ghab had a population of 2,696 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-9-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Holliday, Joseph. [http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/AssadRegime-web.pdf The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War]. Middle East Security Report 8. Institute for the Study of War. March 2013.

According to residents of Tamana al-Ghab, the village has been mostly abandoned in the summer of 2012 after an attack that left 78 killed. According to the survivors the killing were carried out by the shabiha, a pro-government militia taking part in the ongoing Syrian Civil War.Enders, David. [https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24730921.html Since Qubeir killings, Syrians fear rising violence between Sunnis, Alawites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603062641/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/06/12/v-print/152105/since-qubeir-killings-syrians.html |date=2013-06-03 }}. McClatchy Newspapers. 2012-06-13.

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Category:Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District

Category:Populated places in al-Ghab Plain