Kawkab, Rif Dimashq

For other places with the same name, see Kawkab.

Village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria

Kawkab

كوكب

Village

Kawkab

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 33°22′51″N 36°10′55″E﻿ / ﻿33.38083°N 36.18194°E﻿ / 33.38083; 36.18194
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Rif Dimashq Governorate
District| Qatana District
Nahiyah| Qatana
Population

(2004 census)[1]

• Total

| 1,188
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Kawkab (Arabic: كوكب) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Kawkab is Arabic for "star".[2] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,188 in the 2004 census.[1]

## History

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In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village, located in Wady 'el-Ajam, between Damascus and the Hauran.[3]

On 30 September, 1918 Kawkab was the site of the World War I successful "Charge at Kaukab" of the Australian 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments directed against dug-in German and Ottoman remnants of the Seventh and Eighth Armies, joined by units from Damascus.

## References

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1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. ^ Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 162.
3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 148

## Bibliography

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* 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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Rif Dimashq Governorate

Markaz Rif Dimashq District

| Kiswah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Kiswah
* Al-Adiliyah
* Arkis
* Deir Ali
* Deir Khabiyah
* Ayn al-Bayda
* Ayn al-Souda
* Al-Horjelah
* Jeb as-Safa
* Khan Dannun
* Khirbet al-Shiyab
* Khiyarat Dannun
* Marana
* Matahriyeh
* Morjana
* Muqaylibah
* Qara
* Saada
* Shaqhab
* al-Taybah
* Um al-Awamid
* Zakiyah
* Zureiqiya

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Babbila
Subdistrict|

* Babbila
* Aqraba
* al-Bahdaliyah
* Beit Sahem
* Buwayda
* Hujayrah
* Hawsh Sahiya
* Khirbet al-Ward
* Maalaqa
* Najha
* Al-Sitt
* Al-Sabinah
* Yalda, Syria

Jaramana
Subdistrict|

* Jaramana

Malihah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Malihah
* Ahdaf
* Deir al-Asafir
* Hawsh al-Sultan
* Hutaytet al-Turkman
* Shabaa
* Zabdin
* Sahba

Kafr Batna
Subdistrict|

* Kafr Batna
* Beit Sawa
* Aftris
* Hamouriyah
* Hizzah
* Jisrin
* Saqba

Arbin
Subdistrict|

* Arbin
* Ein Tarma
* Zamalka

Douma District

| Douma
Subdistrict|

* Douma
* Adra
* Batihat al-Wafidin
* Hawsh al-Dawahira
* Hawsh al-Farah
* Hawsh Nasri
* Hufayr al-Tahta
* Maydaa
* al-Rihan
* al-Shafuniyah
* Tal al-Swan

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Harasta
Subdistrict|

* Harasta
* Dahiyat Harasta
* Mesraba
* Madira

Sabe Biyar
Subdistrict|

* Sabaa Biyar

Dumayr
Subdistrict|

* Al-Dumayr

Nashabiyeh
Subdistrict|

* Al-Nashabiyah
* Al-Ahmadiyah
* Al-Bahariyah
* Al-Bilaliyah
* Beit Nayim
* Bzeineh
* Deir Salman
* Al-Damen
* Harasta al-Qantarah
* Al-Jarba
* Al-Khamisiyah
* Al-Mansoura
* Marj al-Sultan
* Nawla
* Al-Abadah
* Autaya
* Otaybah
* Al-Qasimiyah
* Al-Qisa
* Al-Salihiyah
* Wadyan al-Rabi
* Al-Zamaniyah

Ghazlaniyeh
Subdistrict|

* Al-Ghizlaniyah
* Bayad
* Al-Bitariyah
* Deir al-Hajar
* Dalbeh
* Ghasulah
* Al-Haijaneh
* Qarahta
* Qarmashiyeh
* Sakka
* Tall Maskan

Harran al-Awamid
Subdistrict|

* Harran al-Awamid
* Judaydat al-Khas
* Al-Kafrayn
* Mabarkah

Al-Qutayfah District

| Qutayfah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Qutayfah
* Helleh
* Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun

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Jayrud
Subdistrict|

* Jayrud
* Al-Atnah
* Al-Mansoura
* Al-Naseriyah

Maloula
Subdistrict|

* Maaloula
* Ain al-Tinah
* Jubb'adin
* al-Tawani

Raheiba
Subdistrict|

* Al-Ruhaybah

Al-Tall District

| Al-Tall
Subdistrict|

* Al-Tall
* al-Dreij
* Halboun
* Maarounah
* Maaraba
* Manin
* Talfita

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Sednaya
Subdistrict|

* Saidnaya
* Badda
* Maarat Saidnaya
* Akoubar
* Hafeir al-Fouqa

Rankous
Subdistrict|

* Rankous
* al-Fayadiyah
* Hosh Arab
* al-Jarniyah
* al-Mahabah
* Ayn Dara
* al-Nour
* Sabnah

Yabroud District

| Yabroud
Subdistrict|

* Yabroud
* Ras al-Ayn
* Ras al-Maara
* Rima
* Al-Sarkha (Bakhah)

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Assal al-Ward
Subdistrict|

* Assal al-Ward
* al-Jebbah

An-Nabek District

| An-Nabek
Subdistrict|

* Al-Nabek
* Mashrafet Flita
* Qaldoun al-Marah
* Al-Qastal
* al-Sahel

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Deir Atiyeh
Subdistrict|

* Deir Atiyah
* Al-Humayra
* al-Jarajir

Qara
Subdistrict|

* Qara

Al-Zabadani District

| Al-Zabadani
Subdistrict|

* Al-Zabadani
* Barheliya
* Bloudan
* Hosh Bajed
* Kafr al-Awamid
* Al-Rawdah (al-Batrounah)
* Souq Wadi Barada

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Madaya
Subdistrict|

* Madaya
* Baqin
* Hurayra

Serghaya
Subdistrict|

* Serghaya
* Ain Hawr

Qatana District

| Qatana
Subdistrict|

* Qatana
* Ambiya
* al-Aamrat
* Arnah
* Artouz
* al-Bejaa
* Beqaasem
* Drousha
* Jdeidat Artouz
* Kafr Qouq
* Kawkab
* Khan al-Shih
* Manshiyat Khan al-Shih
* Mazraat Deir al-Ashayer
* Qalaat al-Jandal
* Rakhlah
* Ras al-Ayn
* Rima
* al-Sabboura
* Yaafour

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Beit Jann
Subdistrict|

* Beit Jinn
* Darbal
* Ain al-Shaara
* Harfa
* Hinah
* Khirbet al-Sawda
* Maghar al-Mir
* al-Maqrousa
* Mazraat Beit Jinn

Sa'sa
Subdistrict|

* Sa'sa'
* Abou Qawouq
* al-Adnaniyah
* Beit Saber
* Beitima
* Deir Maker
* Denaji
* Dourin
* Hamrit
* al-Hubariyah
* Hosh al-Nufour
* Jisr al-Safra
* Kafr Hawr
* Kanaker
* Maas
* al-Nufour
* al-Qleiaah
* Rasem al-Tahin
* al-Shawkatliyah

Darayya District

| Darayya
Subdistrict|

* Darayya
* Muadamiyat al-Sham

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Sahnaya
Subdistrict|

* Sahnaya
* Ashrafiyat Sahnaya

Hajar al-Aswad
Subdistrict|

* al-Hajar al-Aswad

Qudsaya District

| Qudsaya
Subdistrict|

* Qudsaya
* Ashrafiyat al-Wadi
* Basimah
* al-Hamah
* Jamraya
* Jdeidat al-Wadi
* Dahiyat Qudsaya

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ad-Dimas
Subdistrict|

* al-Dimas
* Jdeidat Yabous
* Kfeir Yabous
* Maadar
* Qura al-Sham
* Yabous

Ein al-Fijeh
Subdistrict|

* Ain al-Fijah
* Efra
* Deir Muqaran
* Deir Qanun
* al-Husseiniyah
* Kfeir al-Zayt

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