Kharaba
Appearance
Kharaba
خربا Kharraba, Kherba | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 32°35′14″N 36°26′34″E / 32.58722°N 36.44278°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | as-Suwayda |
District | as-Suwayda |
Subdistrict | as-Suwayda |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 581 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kharaba (Arabic: خربا) also spelled Kharraba or Kherba, is a village in southeastern Syria, administratively part of the as-Suwayda District of the as-Suwayda Governorate, located southwest of as-Suwayda city and northeast of Daraa. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Betts, Robert Brenton (1988). The Druze. Yale University Press. p. 60.
- Butler, H.C.; Littmann, E.; Prentice, William Kelly; Stoever, Edward Royal (1930). Syria, Publications: Divisions I-IV, by Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, 1904-5 and 1909. Vol. 6 (Seeia). Leyden: E. J.Brill.