Kharaba
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 but very close to Daraa Governorate, located southwest of as-Suwayda between as-Suwayda and Daraa.. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3]
Kharaba خربا Kharraba, Kherba | |
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Village | |
  Kharaba | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′14″N 36°26′34″E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | as-Suwayda |
| District | as-Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | as-Suwayda |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 581 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
References
- "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- Betts, 1988, p. 60
- Butler, Littmann et al, 1930, p. 16
Bibliography
- 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. 6 (Seeia). Leyden: E. J.Brill.
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