Shaqra (Arabic: شقرا) is a Syrian village in Izra District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census.[1]
Shaqra
شقرا | |
|---|---|
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 |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izra |
| Subdistrict | Izra |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 487 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6099 |
History
editIn 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of Bani 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.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Luhf, west of the Lejah".[3]
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
Bibliography
edit- 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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