Al-Buthainah
Al-Buthainah
البثينة Bteineh | |
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Village | |
  Al-Buthainah Location within Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′08″N 36°41′48″E / 32.95222°N 36.69667°E | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Shaqqa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,151 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Buthainah (Arabic: البثينة), also spelled Bteineh, is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Buthainah had a population of 1,151 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
Archaeology
Two Greek-language inscriptions are known from the village. One, of unspecified provenance, preserves only a dedication to Zeus Kyrios.[3] Another, recorded in the 19th century after being reused in a courtyard wall, commemorates the construction of a Tychaion (a shrine dedicated to the Greek goddess of fortune, Tyche) by individuals named Ausos, Theodoros, Onenos, Anamos, and Zobedos using funds from the village.[4]
Religious buildings
- Maqam al-Ajami (Druze Shrine)
See also
References
- 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, Francesca (2018). Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300). Archaeopress. p. 166. doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv916. ISBN 978-1-78491-954-2.
- ↑ Mazzilli, Francesca (2018). Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300). Archaeopress. p. 166. doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv916. ISBN 978-1-78491-954-2.
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