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
DistrictIzra
SubdistrictIzra
Population
 (2004)
  Total487
City Qrya PcodeC6099

Shaqra (Arabic: شقرا) is a Syrian village in Izra District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

In 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of Bani 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.[2]

In 1838, it was noted as Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Luhf, west of the Lejah".[3]

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155

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