Khalkhalah
Khalkhalah
خلخلة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Khalkhalah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′1″N 36°31′55″E / 33.06694°N 36.53194°E | |
| PAL | 293/275 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Sawra as-Saghira |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,268 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6253 |
Khalkhalah (Arabic: خلخلة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khalkhalah had a population of 2,268 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of Halala, located in the nahiya of Bani Miglad in the Qada Hawran. It had a Muslim population consisting of 6 households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (4200 a.), barley (500 a.), summer crops (400 a.), goats and/or beehives (140 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues"(150 a.); a total of 5,340 akçe.[3]
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, situated "in the Luhf, east of the Lejah, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".[4]
Religious buildings
- Maqam al-Khidr (Druze Shrine)
See also
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 217
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
Bibliography
- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- 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.