Kharaba
Kharaba Bosra
خربا Kharaba Bosra, Kherba | |
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Village | |
Kharaba Bosra | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′14″N 36°26′34″E / 32.58722°N 36.44278°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | daraa |
| District | daraa |
| Subdistrict | Bosra |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 581 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kharaba (Arabic: خربا, also spelled Kharraba or Kherba) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Bosra District of the daraa Governorate, located southeast of Daraa. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.[2]
The residents were displaced from the village during the early years of the Syrian Civil War and were only able to return in May of 2020.[3]
Religious buildings
- St. George of the Greek Orthodox Church
- Transguration Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- National Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- St. Lazarus Church
- St. Mary the Egyptian Church (Archeological church)
See also
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Betts, 1988, p. 16
- ^ "بعد غياب سنوات، أهالي قرية خَرَبَا يعودون إلى بيوتهم" [After years of absence, the people of Kharba village return to their homes.] (in Arabic). 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
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. Vol. 6 (Seeia). Leyden: E. J.Brill.