Saqba

Village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria

Saqba

سقبا

Sakba

Village

Saqba

Coordinates: 33°31′11″N 36°23′4″E﻿ / ﻿33.51972°N 36.38444°E﻿ / 33.51972; 36.38444
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Rif Dimashq Governorate
District| Markaz Rif Dimashq
Nahiya| Kafr Batna
Elevation

| 650 m (2,130 ft)
Population

(2004)[1]

• Total| 25,696
Time zone| UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (EEST)

Saqba (Arabic: سقبا; also spelled Sakba or Siqba) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, 7 km east of central Damascus. Nearby localities include Jisrin to the southeast, Kafr Batna to the southwest, Hizzah to the southwest and Hamouriyah and Beit Sawa to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Saqba had a population of 25,696 in the 2004 census.[1]

## History[edit]

Study and recitation of the Quran was held in the mosque of Saqba as early as the 12th century when its khatib was Ahmad ibn Hasan al-Kafatabi.[2] Saqba was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village of the Ghautah of Damascus."[3]

### Modern era[edit]

In the 1950s Saqba served as a village center of a district which contained seven other villages, with a total population of 12,000.[4] Today, Saqba has become a working-class eastern suburb of Damascus.[5]

### Syrian Civil War[edit]

During the Syrian civil war, Saqba was under Free Syrian Army control since 2012,[6] with splinter factions taking over eventually and would fall under siege by government forces from 2013[7] to 2018.[8] The town was heavily damaged during the course of the war.[9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. ^ Talmon-Heller, 2007, p. 69
3. ^ le Strange, 1890, p. 527
4. ^ Money-Kyrle, 1956, p. 43.
5. ^ Starr, 2012, p. 192.
6. ^ Bowen, Jeremy (27 January 2012). "Syria unrest: Assad losing grip on Damascus suburb Saqba". BBC News. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
7. ^ Mardini, Ward (12 March 2016). "Syrian civil war: Hundreds renew 'pledge' to oust Assad". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
8. ^ "Syria's Assad visits troops in Eastern Ghouta". France 24. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
9. ^ "Eastern Ghouta Syria: The neighbourhoods below the bombs". BBC News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Money-Kyrle, A. F. (1956). Agricultural development and research in Syria. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, American University of Beirut.
* Starr, Stephen (2012). Revolt in Syria: Eye-Witness to the Uprising. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231704205.
* Strange, le, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
* Talmon-Heller, Daniella (2007). Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria: Mosques, Cemeteries and Sermons Under the Zangids and Ayyūbids. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004158092.

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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
* Sayyidah Zaynab
* Al-Sabinah
* Yalda

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 al-Assad
* 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-Assad
* Yabous

Ein al-Fijeh
Subdistrict|

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

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