Ar-Rafqah

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Ar-Rafqah
الرافقة
Village
Ar-Rafqah is located in Syria
Ar-Rafqah
Ar-Rafqah
Coordinates: 32°27′34″N 36°40′21″E / 32.45944°N 36.67250°E / 32.45944; 36.67250
PAL307/208
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSalkhad
SubdistrictSalkhad
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
101
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ar-Rafqah (Arabic: الرافقة) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ar-Rafqah had a population of 101 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

History

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In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as er-Rafikeh, a ruin located east of Salkhad.[3]

Religious buildings

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  • Maqam Prophet Shuaib (Druze Shrine)

See also

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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). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 160

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