Tuba, Hama

Tuba is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate. According to the Central [Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics], Tuba had a population of 262 in the 2004 census.

History

Tuba is the largest of several Byzantine-era villages on the al-A'la plateau east of Hama, which prospered during the reign of Justinian and the late 6th century. Among the ruins in Tuba was a church dated to 582 CE, as evidenced by an inscribed basaltic lintel. The village also contained a defensive tower and several houses, at least one of which dated to 573.