Ad-Duwayra
Ad-Duwayra
الدويرة Ad-Duwaira, Ad-Duweira, Ad-Dweira | |
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Village | |
Ad-Duwayra | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′54″N 36°23′50″E / 32.84833°N 36.39722°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | al-Mazraa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 950 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ad-Duwayra (Arabic: الدويرة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ad-Duwayra had a population of 950 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with Christian and Sunni Muslim Bedouin minorities.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted that inhabitants were predominantly Druse and Catholic Christians.[2]
Religious buildings
- St. George of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Mosque
- Maqam Baha al-Din (Druze Shrine)
See also
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Second appendix, B, p. 156