Kafr Hud (Arabic: كفر هود) is a Syrian town located in the Mahardah Subdistrict of the Mahardah District in Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Hud had a population of 2,736 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

Kafr Hud
كفر هود
Town
Kafr Hud is located in Syria
Kafr Hud
Kafr Hud
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°17′2″N 36°30′36″E / 35.28389°N 36.51000°E / 35.28389; 36.51000
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictMahardah
SubdistrictMahardah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,736
 • Ethnicities
Syrians
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3455

Etymology

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The first word of Kafr Hud, which is Kafr, is a Syriac word for "farm" or "village". The second word 'Hud' is modified from another Syriac word, 'yahud' which means Jews. So Kafr Hud means the Jewish village. The village was inhabited by Syrian Jews minority.

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 178

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