Kawkab, Rif Dimashq
Appearance
Kawkab
كوكب | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°22′51″N 36°10′55″E / 33.38083°N 36.18194°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
District | Qatana District |
Nahiyah | Qatana |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,188 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kawkab (Arabic: كوكب) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Kawkab is Arabic for "planet". According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,188 in the 2004 census.[1]
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village, located in Wady 'el-Ajam, between Damascus and the Hauran.[2]
On 30 September, 1918 Kawkab was the site of the World War I successful "Charge at Kaukab" of the Australian 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments directed against dug-in German and Ottoman remnants of the Seventh and Eighth Armies, joined by units from Damascus.
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 148
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