Al-Fuqiaa

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Al-Fuqiaa
الفقيع
Village
Al-Fuqiaa is located in Syria
Al-Fuqiaa
Al-Fuqiaa
Coordinates: 32°56′42″N 36°10′09″E / 32.94500°N 36.16917°E / 32.94500; 36.16917
PAL259/261
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictIzraa
SubdistrictShaykh Miskin
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
1,047
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Fuqiaa (Arabic: الفقيع) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Fuqiaa had a population of 1,047 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

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Civil War

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Main article: Syrian civil war

Two children were killed in al-Fuqiaa village in 2022, by an explosive device reportedly left behind by armed groups, according to SANA.[2]

Religious buildings

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  • Uthman ibn Affan Mosque

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=271362
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