Samma (, also known as Samma al-Hneidat () is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Samma had a population of 213 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians, while Druze and Sunni Muslim Bedouins represent a minority.
Demographics According to statistics from 1927, Samma had a population consisting of 370 Christians, 66 Sunni Muslims, and 21 Druze.Betts, 1988, p. 60
In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 1,000 believers.
Religious buildings St. Elias (St. Elijah) Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See also Christians in Syria Druze in Syria
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