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Nimreh

Nimreh
نمرة
Nimra
Village
Nimreh is located in Syria
Nimreh
Nimreh
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 32°49′29″N 36°42′28″E / 32.824648°N 36.707811°E / 32.824648; 36.707811
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictShahba
SubdistrictShahba
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
4,376
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nimreh (Arabic: نمرة, also called Nimra) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located northeast of Suwayda. It is situated on the northern end of Jabal al-Arab. Nearby localities include Shaqqa, Hit and al-Junaynah to the north, Shahba, Slaim and Murdok to the west and Mafaalah and Qanawat to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nimreh had a population of 4,376 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

History

In 1838 Eli Smith noted Nimreh as being located in Hauran Sanjak, and inhabited by Druze and Antiochian Greek Christians.[3]

Religious buildings

  • Maqam Umm Jadoukh (Druze Shrine)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. 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. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 157

Bibliography

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