Shaqra, Daraa

Shaqra
شقرا
Village
Shaqra is located in Syria
Shaqra
Shaqra
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 32°54′25″N 36°14′15″E / 32.90694°N 36.23750°E / 32.90694; 36.23750
Grid position266/257 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictIzraa
SubdistrictIzraa
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
487
City Qrya PcodeC6099

Shaqra (Arabic: شقرا) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian, with a Sunni Muslim minority.[2]

History

In 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of 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.[3]

In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "in the Luhf, west of the Lejah".[4]

Demographics

In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 2,300 believers.[5]

Religious buildings

  • Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Old Church)[6][7]
  • Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (New Church)[5]
  • Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Mosque (outside of the village)

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). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ "قرى مسيحية في درعا تفتقر للجيل الشاب وعائلات تسعى للهجرة". March 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
  4. ↑ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
  5. 1 2 "Melkite :: Melkites". www.melkitepat.org.
  6. ↑ "Church Restored In Daraa". May 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Shaqra town in Daraa countryside… Charming nature and deep-rooted history". August 27, 2018.

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