Shaqra, Daraa
Shaqra
شقرا | |
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Village | |
  Shaqra Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′25″N 36°14′15″E / 32.90694°N 36.23750°E | |
| Grid position | 266/257 PAL |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Izraa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 487 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6099 |
Shaqra (Arabic: شقرا) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian, with a Sunni Muslim minority.[2]
History
In 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 12 households and 7 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3600 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (1800), goats and beehives (460), in addition to "occasional revenues" (500); a total of 8,160 akçe. 1/3 of the revenue went to a waqf.[3]
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "in the Luhf, west of the Lejah".[4]
Demographics
In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 2,300 believers.[5]
Religious buildings
- Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Old Church)[6][7]
- Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (New Church)[8]
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Mosque (outside of the village)
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ https://npasyria.com/99614/
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
- ^ https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
- ^ http://syriatimes.sy/church-restored-in-dara/
- ^ https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=145506
- ^ https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
Bibliography
- 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.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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