Akkum

Akkum أكوم Akoum
Village
Akkum Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°31′3″N 36°22′4″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Qusayr
Subdistrict	Qusayr
Population  (2004)
• Total	506
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

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. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-31.