Al-Karak, Syria

Village in Syria

Village in Daraa, Syria

Al-Karak

الكرك

Village

Al-Karak

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 32°41′14″N 36°21′3″E﻿ / ﻿32.68722°N 36.35083°E﻿ / 32.68722; 36.35083
Grid position| 276/232 PAL
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Daraa
District| Daraa
Subdistrict| Musayfira
Population

(2004)

• Total

| 10,510
City Qrya Pcode| C6047

Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك) is a Syrian village in Daraa District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Karak had a population of 10,510 in the 2004 census.[1]

## History

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In 1596, Al-Karak appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as 'Karak al-Bathaniyya'; part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Malik al-Ashraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 45 households and 71 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (10800 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (4200), goats and beehives (1700), in addition to "occasional revenues"(1500); a total of 20,000 akçe. 5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.[2]

In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Nukrah, South of Eshmiskin",[3] the Nukrah being the southern Hauran plain.

## References

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1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 212
3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151

## Bibliography

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* 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.

## External links

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* El Karak-map; 21m

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Daraa Governorate

Capital: Daraa

Al-Sanamayn District

| Sanamayn
Subdistrict|

* Al-Sanamayn
* Bassir
* Burqa
* Eib
* al-Harra
* Inkhil
* Judayyah
* Tubna
* Kafr Shams
* Khabab
* al-Qaniyah
* Qayta
* Samlin
* Zimrin

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Ghabaghib
Subdistrict|

* Ghabaghib
* Alqin
* Aqraba
* Deir al-Adas
* Deir al-Bukht
* Jabab
* Kafr Nasij
* Kammunah
* Mankat al-Hatab
* Manshiyat al-Sabil
* al-Mal
* Muthabin
* al-Qaziyah
* al-Tiha

Masmiyah
Subdistrict|

* al-Masmiyah
* Bali
* Burraq
* Buwaydan
* Shaarah

Izra District

| Izra
Subdistrict|

* Izra
* Asim
* Busra al-Harir
* Buwayr
* Jaddal
* Mahajjah
* Maliha al-Atash
* al-Matallah
* Miskiyah
* al-Mujaydil
* Najih
* Qiratah
* Shaqra
* Sur

|

Hirak
Subdistrict|

* al-Hirak
* al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah
* al-Mlaihah al-Sharqiyah
* Nahtah
* Rakham
* al-Surah

Jasim
Subdistrict|

* Jasim
* Namir

Nawa
Subdistrict|

* Nawa
* Adwan
* al-Jubayliyah
* al-Nasiriyah
* al-Shaykh Saad
* al-Sukkariyah

Shaykh Maskin
Subdistrict|

* al-Shaykh Maskin
* al-Dali
* al-Faqia
* Namir
* Qarfa
* al-Suhayliyah

Tasil
Subdistrict|

* Tasil
* al-Bakkar
* al-Bakkar Sharqi

Daraa District

| Daraa
Subdistrict|

* Daraa
* Ataman
* Kahil
* al-Naimah
* Nasib
* Saida
* al-Taybah
* Umm al-Mayazen

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Bosra
Subdistrict|

* Bosra
* Jamrin
* Maaraba
* Samad
* Samaqiyat
* Tisiyah

Da'el
Subdistrict|

* Da'el
* Abtaa

Jiza
Subdistrict|

* al-Jiza
* Ghasm
* al-Mataaiya

Khirbet Ghazaleh
Subdistrict|

* Khirbet Ghazaleh
* Alma
* al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah
* al-Ghariyah ash-Sharqiyah

Musayfira
Subdistrict|

* al-Musayfirah
* al-Karak
* al-Sahwah
* Umm Walad

Muzayrib
Subdistrict|

* Muzayrib
* Ajami
* Jalin
* Nasij
* Tafas
* Tell Shihab
* al-Yadudah
* Zayzun

Shajara
Subdistrict|

* al-Shajara
* Abdin
* Ayn Zakar
* Beit Ara
* Hit
* Jamla
* Kuwaya
* Maariyah
* Nafia
* al-Qusayr
* Saham al-Jawlan
* Shabraq

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