Nawa, Salamiyah

Nawa (Arabic: نوى) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate.

[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nawa had a population of 441 in the 2004 census.

[2] Nawa is one of several Byzantine villages on the al-A'la plateau between Hama and Salamiyah.

Otherwise, the village lacks most services and key infrastructure, including paved roads, telephone landlines, and suitable water wells.

[1] This article about a location in Hama Governorate, Syria is a stub.

The Nawa monastery tower, 1904–1905