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Kafr Zita ((アラビア語:كفر زيتا), also spelled Kfar Zita, Kafr Zayta, Kfar Zeita, Keferzita or Kafr Zeita) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 30 kilometers north of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Nabudah and al-Habit to the northwest, Khan Shaykhun to the northeast, Mork to the east, Suran to the southeast, al-Lataminah, Halfaya and Mahardah to the south, Tremseh to the southwest and Kirnaz and Hayalin. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Zita had a population of 17,052 in the 2004 census. It is also the center of a ''nahiyah'' ("subdistrict"), part of the Mhardeh District, that consists of seven localities with a combined population of 39,032 in 2004.〔(General Census of Population and Housing 2004 ). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. 〕 ==History== The ruins of a church dating to the Byzantine period in the 5th-century are located in Kafr Zita.〔(Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique de l'Orne ). 63-71. (1945). p. 73. 〕 In the late Ottoman era between the 18th-19th centuries, the residents of Kafr Zita, which at that time was one of the largest villages in the area north of the Orontes River, were regularly in arrears for tax payment and had to obtain financial assistance.〔Phillip, 1992, p. 274.〕 During the period of the French Mandate in Syria, Kafr Zita, like many of the surrounding localities, was organized as a collective farming village.〔Comité de l'Asie française, 1933, p. 132.〕 In 1975 the ''nahiyah''s ("subdistricts") of Kafr Zita and Mhardeh were joined together to form the ''mantiqah'' ("district") of Mhardeh, with the latter as capital.〔Centre d'études et de recherches URBAMA (France), 1986, p. 463.〕 On 16 December 2012, during the Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that began in early 2011, government forces combating rebels bombed Kafr Zita, leaving three children dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).〔(Camp residents flee Syria warplanes: NGO ). ''Agence France Presse''. 2012-12-17.〕 On 20 December rebels claimed to have captured Kafr Zita and a string of other nearby towns during an offensive against government forces in the vicinity of Hama.〔(UN sees no prospect of end to Syria violence ). ''Al-Jazeera English''. 2012-12-20.〕 In September 2013, Abu Shafiq checkpoint () which is between Kafr Zita and Morek, has been captured by rebels.〔(قتيلا للنظام وإعدامات ميدانية بحماة ) Aljazeera, 21/9/2013〕〔(فيق ريف حماه الشمالي ) Aljazeera, 21/9/2013〕 However, on 22 September 2014, it was reported that the rebels targeted the checkpoint.〔(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ), 22/9/2014〕 By early January 2014, the town was controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.〔(Al Qaida fighters pushed from much of northern Syria, but fighting still rages ) The Sacramento Bee, 5 January 2014〕 However, later on, ISIS was removed from the town by the rebels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kafr Zita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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