Qasr Abu Samrah
| Qasr Abu Samrah قصر أبو سمرة |
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 Qasr Abu Samrah
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| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama Governorate |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Suran |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 849 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Qasr Abu Samrah (Arabic: قصر أبو سمرة) is a village and archaeological site in Syria, administratively a part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) northeast of Hama city. Nearby localities include Zughba to the north, al-Tulaysiyah to northwest, al-Junaynah to the west, Fan al-Shamali and Qasr al-Makhram to the southwest, Duma to the southeast, and al-Hazim to the northeast.[2]
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qasr Abu Samrah had a population of 849 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
Qasr Abu Samrah contains the ruins of a Byzantine-era tower and church, both of them not well-preserved. The church was built completely from basalt. One row of five columns, out of the original two, remains standing,large doorway of the structure.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (Arabic)
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- ↑ Boulanger, 1966, p. 376.
