Kafr Zita
Kafr Zita
كفر زيتا Kafr Zayta | |
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Kafr Zita (
Etymology
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The first word of Kafr Zita, which is Kafr, is a Syriac word for "farm" or "village". The second word 'Zita' is another Syriac word which refers to olive oil. The village is known for cultivation of olives which is still until now one of the main crops of the village. Also pistachio became popular recently regarding to its better economic revenue.
History
The ruins of a church dating to the Byzantine period in the 5th-century are located in Kafr Zita.[3]
In the late Ottoman era between the 18th-19th centuries, the residents of Kafr Zita, which at that time was one of the largest villages in the area north of the Orontes River, were regularly in arrears for tax payment and had to obtain financial assistance.[4]
During the period of the
On 16 December 2012, during the
On 20 August 2019, the
Demographics
Kafr Zita's inhabitants are predominantly
See also
References
- ^ "Kfar Zita - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique de l'Orne. 63-71. (1945). p. 73. (in French)
- ^ Phillip, 1992, p. 274.
- ^ Comité de l'Asie française, 1933, p. 132.
- ^ Centre d'études et de recherches URBAMA (France), 1986, p. 463.
- Agence France Presse. 2012-12-17.
- Al-Jazeera English. 2012-12-20.
- ^ قتيلا للنظام وإعدامات ميدانية بحماة Aljazeera, 21/9/2013
- ^ فيق ريف حماه الشمالي Aljazeera, 21/9/2013
- ^ Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 22/9/2014
- ^ Al Qaida fighters pushed from much of northern Syria, but fighting still rages The Sacramento Bee, 5 January 2014
- ^ "Fearing to fall in a complete siege, the factions and jihadi groups withdraw from Khan Shaykhun city and towns and villages south of it in the northern countryside of Hama". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (in Arabic). 20 August 2019.
- ^ Comité de l'Asie française, 1933, p. 131.
- ^ Nelles Guide, 1999, p. 22.
Bibliography
- Comité de l'Asie française (1933). L'Asie française (in French). Vol. 33–34. Comité de l'Asie française.
- Nelles Guide (1999). Syria and Lebanon. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 3886181057.
- Phillip, Thomas (1992). The Syrian Land in the 18th and 19th Century: The Common and the Specific in the Historical Experience. F. Steiner. ISBN 3515056858.
- Centre d'études et de recherches URBAMA (France) (1986). Petites villes et villes moyennes dans le monde arabe (in French). Vol. 2. Université de Tours. ISBN 9782869060128.
