As-Sawra

As-Sawra
الصورة
As-Sawara
Town
As-Sawra
Coordinates: 32°44′56″N 36°15′37″E / 32.74889°N 36.26028°E / 32.74889; 36.26028
PAL268/239
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictIzraa
SubdistrictHirak
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
4,021
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

As-Sawra (Arabic: الصورة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), As-Sawra had a population of 4,021 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

In 1838, it was noted as Es-Saura, being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.[2]

Religious buildings

  • Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque
  • Al-Jilani Mosque

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151

Bibliography

  • 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.
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