Ar-Rafqah
Ar-Rafqah
الرافقة | |
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Village | |
  Ar-Rafqah | |
| Coordinates: 32°27′34″N 36°40′21″E / 32.45944°N 36.67250°E | |
| PAL | 307/208 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Salkhad |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 101 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ar-Rafqah (Arabic: الرافقة) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ar-Rafqah had a population of 101 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
[edit]In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as er-Rafikeh, a ruin located east of Salkhad.[3]
Religious buildings
[edit]- Maqam Prophet Shuaib (Druze Shrine)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 160
Bibliography
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