Akkum

Akkum
أكوم
Akoum
Village
Akkum

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 34°31′3″N 36°22′4″E / 34.51750°N 36.36778°E / 34.51750; 36.36778
Country Syria
Governorate Homs
District Qusayr
Subdistrict Qusayr
Population (2004)
  Total 506
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Akkum (Arabic: أكوم, also spelled Akoum, also known as Ayn al-Safa) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north and south of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities include al-Hawik, Wadi Hanna, Baluzah and al-Aqrabiyah to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Akkum had a population of 506 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.[2]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004.". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Hodeib, Mirella (2012-10-13). "Lebanese in Syrian villages gear up". The Daily Star. Lebanon Wire.
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