Middle East
Syria
Hama Governorate

Kafr Buhum

Kafr Buhum, commonly referred to as Kfarbo, is a town in central , administratively part of the , located 9 kilometers southwest of .
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  • Type: Town with 12,200 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Ghānīyah”, “Al Ghassānīyah”, “Kafar Bihem”, “Kafer Bouhoum”, “Kafr Abuhum”, “Kafr Behoum”, “Kafr Behūm”, and “Kifrabhūm”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hama.

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is a city in with a population around 400,000. The city is a relatively conservative one dominated by hijabs and burkas. Much of the old city was destroyed in the massacre in 1982.

Kafr Buhum

Latitude
35.06058° or 35° 3′ 38″ north
Longitude
36.69758° or 36° 41′ 51″ east
Population
12,200
Elevation
339 metres (1,112 feet)
Open location code
8G7R3M6X+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572555766
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
168708
Wiki­data ID
Q1721078
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kafr Buhum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغانية”
  • Arabic: “الغسانية”
  • Arabic: “بلدة كفربهم - حماه سوريا”
  • Arabic: “كفر بهم”
  • Dutch: “Kafr Buhum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفر بهم”
  • French: “Kafr Buhum”
  • French: “Kafr Buhume”
  • German: “Kafr Buhum”
  • Hebrew: “כפר בהם”
  • Japanese: “カフル・ブフム”
  • Japanese: “カフル・ブホゥム”
  • Japanese: “カフルバフム”
  • Korean: “카프르부훔”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kafr Buhum”
  • Persian: “كفر بهم”
  • Persian: “کفر بهم”
  • Polish: “Kafr Buhum”
  • Russian: “Кафр-Бухум”
  • Vietnamese: “Kafr Buhum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kafr Buhum”. Photo: Drmrhsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.