Busan, Suwayda
Busan
بوسان Bosan, Bosana | |
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Village | |
  Busan Location within Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′15″N 36°47′24″E / 32.68750°N 36.79000°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Mushannaf |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,332 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Busan (Arabic: بوسان, romanized: Būsān) is a village situated in the Suwayda District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Busan had a population of 1,332 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
[edit]The remains of a Roman-period temple were identified at Busan based on architectural fragments recorded by the Princeton University expedition. The surviving remains include a section of dressed stonework with mouldings, some elements of which were reused in houses probably dating from the Islamic period. Anne-Marie Dentzer-Feydy dated the temple to the mid-2nd century AD based on its architectural features.[3]
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, Jedeiya, situated "in the Lejah, south of Dama".[4]
Religious buildings
[edit]- Maqam Prophet Ayyub/Job (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.
- ↑ Mazzilli, 2018, p. 166
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 156
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
- Mazzilli, Francesca (2018). Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300). Archaeopress. p. 164. doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv916. ISBN 978-1-78491-954-2.
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