Country Syria District Hama Time zone EET (UTC+2) | Governorate Hama Governorate Subdistrict Suran Population 849 (2004) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind W at 32 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Qasr Abu Samrah (Arabic: قصر أبو سمرة) is a village and archaeological site in Syria, administratively a part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) northeast of Hama city. Nearby localities include Zughba to the north, al-Tulaysiyah to northwest, al-Junaynah to the west, Fan al-Shamali and Qasr al-Makhram to the southwest, Duma to the southeast, and al-Hazim to the northeast.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qasr Abu Samrah had a population of 849 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
Qasr Abu Samrah contains the ruins of a Byzantine-era tower and church, both of them not well-preserved. The church was built completely from basalt. One row of five columns, out of the original two, remains standing,large doorway of the structure.