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]
Al-Karak
الكرك | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Karak Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′14″N 36°21′3″E / 32.68722°N 36.35083°E | |
| Grid position | 276/232 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Musayfira |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 10,510 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6047 |
History
editIn 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
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 212
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151
Bibliography
edit- 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.
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