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Tuba, Hama

Tuba (Arabic: الطوبة, romanizedal-Ṭūbā) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tuba had a population of 262 in the 2004 census.

History

Tuba is the largest of several Byzantine-era villages on the al-A'la plateau east of Hama, which prospered during the reign of Justinian (r. 527–565) and the late 6th century. Among the ruins in Tuba was a church dated to 582 CE, as evidenced by an inscribed basaltic lintel. The village also contained a defensive tower and several houses, at least one of which dated to 573.

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Foss 1997, p. 233.

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