Ad-Dara
Ad-Dara
الدارة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Ad-Dara | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′13″N 36°24′11″E / 32.72028°N 36.40306°E | |
| Grid position | 281/236 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Suwayda |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 1,243 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ad-Dara (Arabic: الدارة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ad-Dara had a population of 1,243 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim Bedouins and Christians.[2]
Demographics
[edit]According to statistics from 1927, ad-Dara had a population consisting of a Christian majority of 293 inhabitants and a Sunni Muslim minority of 34.[3]
History
[edit]In 1596 the village appeared under the name of ad-Dar in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Nasiyya in the qadaa of Hauran. It had a population of 14 households and 8 bachelors, all Muslim, in all 22 taxable units. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (3000 a.), barley (900 a.), summer crops (800 a), goats and beehives (150 a.), in addition to occasional revenues (150 a.); the taxes totalled 5,000 akçe.[4]
Religious buildings
[edit]- St. George Greek Orthodox Church[5]
- Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ↑ Ward, Cian (6 June 2025). "In Southern Syria, Tensions Simmer Between Druze and Bedouin Neighbors". New Lines Magazine.
- ↑ Betts, 1988, p. 60
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 220
- ↑ http://home.balamand.edu.lb/arabic/arpoa.asp?id=5525
Bibliography
[edit]- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
External links
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