Toumin
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| official_name = Toumin
| native_name = تومين
| other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Toumine}}
| 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 = Hirbnafsah
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| population_total = 2,129
| population_as_of = 2004
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Toumin ({{langx|ar|تومين|Tūmīn}}, also transliterated Toumine) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate. It is located {{convert|25|km|mi|sp=us}} southwest of Hama and lies on the northern bank of the Orontes River, overlooking the city of Rastan.{{cite web |title=تومين (Toumin) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018142716/http://www.hama.gov.sy/cms/?cat=391 |publisher=Hama Governorate - Technology and Information Directorate |date=31 March 2011 |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=Arabic}} Nearby localities include Deir al-Fardis to the northwest, Kafr Buhum to the north, al-Rastan to the south and Houla to the southwest.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Toumin had a population of 2,129 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-3-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112152542/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-3-2004.htm |date=2013-01-12 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.Rosen, Nir. [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/20111010122434671982.html Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne]. Al Jazeera English. 2011-10-11.
History
In 1838, Toumin was recorded as a Greek Orthodox Christian village.{{sfn|Robinson|Smith|1841|p= [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/178/mode/1up 178]}} The village was formerly located at the site of the Rastan Dam, but with the dam's construction in 1960, Toumin was relocated nearby to its present site.{{cite web |last1=Hassan |first1=Al-Akhras |title="درغام درغام".. رئيس البلديات الأربع (Dergham Dergham: The Head of the Four Municipalities) |url=https://www.esyria.sy/2009/11/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9 |website=e-Syria |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=Arabic |date=18 November 2009}} In 1992, the Toumin Municipality was established to administer the village and the nearby Christian village of al-Biyah.
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=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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