Baba Amr
Baba Amr
بابا عمرو | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood | |
 View of Baba Amr neighbourhood | |
  Baba Amr Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°42′39″N36°41′28″E/ 34.71083°N 36.69111°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Homs |
| City | Homs |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 34,175 |
| Population includes adjacent neighborhood of Sultaniya | |
Baba Amr(Arabic:بابا عمرو/ALA-LC:Bâba ʿAmr) is a city district (hayy) in southwesternHomsin centralSyria.In 2004, it had a population of 34,175 (thehayyof Sultaniya which abuts Baba Amr to the south was also counted in this figure).[1]Abutting Baba Amr and Sultaniya from the north and south respectively are the city districts of Inshaat and the village ofJobar.To the west are the villages of Aysun,Shalluhandal-Mazra'aand to the east is Homs'Palestinian refugee camp.
History
[edit]Baba Amr was named afterAmr ibn Abasah,who was buried in Homs.[2]In the early 20th century, Baba Amr was a village inOrontesplain southwest of Homs.[3]The modern district was formed largely as a result ofBedouinmigration from the desert steppe east of Homs to the city's suburbs in the 1960s and 1970s.[4]The Bedouin moved to the area due to land reforms by theBa'athistgovernment of leadersSalah JadidandHafez al-Assadwhich saw many semi-nomadic Bedouin settle in the suburbs of major cities.[4]Most of Baba Amr's inhabitants self-identify as members of theMawaliand Bani Hassan tribal confederations.[4]The inhabitants are predominantlySunni Muslims.[5]
During theSyrian Civil War,Baba Amr was the epicentre of fighting in the2012 Homs offensive.
References
[edit]- ^General Census of Population and Housing 2004Archived2012-07-31 atarchive.today.Syria Central Bureau of Statistics(CBS). Homs Governorate.(in Arabic)
- ^"مقامات وأضرحة الصحابة في حمص... تحف فنية رائعة تعكس تطور الفن الإسلامي خلال مختلف العصور".zamanalwsl.net(in Arabic). 20 November 2013.
- ^Socin, Albert; Bezinger, Immanuel; Peters, John Punnett, eds. (1906).Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia.Karl Baedeker. pp.366–367.
- ^abcLund, Aron (2015-07-02)."Syria's Bedouin Tribes: An Interview With Dawn Chatty".carnegieendowment.org.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Retrieved2016-05-05.
- ^Wood, Paul (2012-02-12)."Syria's slide towards civil war".BBC News.Retrieved2016-05-05.