Busan, Suwayda

Busan
بوسان
Bosan, Bosana
Village
Busan is located in Syria
Busan
Busan
Location within Syria
Coordinates: 32°41′15″N 36°47′24″E / 32.68750°N 36.79000°E / 32.68750; 36.79000
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSuwayda
SubdistrictMushannaf
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
1,332
Time zoneUTC+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

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

  • Maqam Prophet Ayyub/Job (Druze Shrine)

See also

References

  1. 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)
  2. ↑ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ Mazzilli, 2018, p. 166
  4. ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 156

Bibliography

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