Kharaba
Kharaba
خربا Kharraba, Kherba | |
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Village | |
  Kharaba | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′14″N 36°26′34″E / 32.58722°N 36.44278°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | 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 south of as-Suwayda. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3]
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Betts, Robert Brenton (1988). The Druze. Yale University Press. p. 60.
- ^ Butler, Howard Crosby; Littmann, Enno, eds. (1930). Syria: Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-1905 and 1909. Brill. p. 16.
Bibliography
- Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes, Volume 1. Brill.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (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.
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