Atshan

Atshan (Arabic: عطشان) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Suran Subdistrict of the Hama District, located northeast of Hama city.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Atshan had a population of 1,809 in the 2004 census.

Atshan was sold by the prominent landowning Barazi family of Hama to a merchant from Hama, Muhammad Katkaz, in 1929.

Its inhabitants were Sunni Muslim Arabs of Bedouin origin.

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