page_title: Wadi al-Uyun
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Wadi al-Uyun / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Wadi Al 'Uyun View
context_page_description: Wadi al-'Uyun is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama.
  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Wadi al-'Uyun had a population of 3,371 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the subdistrict, which consists of 21 localities with a combined population of 12,951 in 2004. The village had a population of around 1,000 in the early 1960s. The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Alawites.
  Wadi al-'Uyun is a tourist attraction for Syrians. Visitors come for the area's scenery, including the numerous springs, waterfalls and the green algae, which heavily covers the rocks and floors of the area. The latter characteristic lends the area the alternative name of the "Green Hat." A distinguishing feature the waterfalls of Wadi al-'Uyun have as compared to similar sites throughout Syria is the visitors' ability to touch and play in the waterfall and climb up its rocks.
context_section_description: Wadi al-'Uyun is spread over a large east-west area in the foothills of the Coastal Mountain Range, with built-up areas scattered on both sides of a valley with the same name. Elevations in the town vary between 450 and 900 meters above sea level. Many of its houses are situated on escarpments. The village is abundant in mulberry orchards.
  Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Badr to the west, Brummanet al-Mashayekh to the northwest, al-Raqmah and Qadmus to the north, Rusafa, Masyaf and al-Bayda to the northeast, Birat al-Jurd and Ayn Halaqim to the southeast, Mashta al-Helu to the south, Duraykish to the southwest.
caption: Roadside view of Wadi al-Oyun
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