Harfa
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|subdivision_name1 = Rif Dimashq
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|subdivision_name2 = Qatana
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Harfa ({{langx|ar|حرفا}}) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Harfa had a population of 2,362 at the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-32-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112154704/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-32-2004.htm |date=2013-01-12 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly from the Druze community.{{cite news |last=Sidahmed |first=Mazin |title=The Lebanese Army on high alert near Mount Hermon |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=302635&fromgoogle=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818015841/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=302635&fromgoogle=1 |archive-date=18 August 2015 |access-date=2 February 2015 |work=The Daily Star}}
History
An archaeological survey conducted in Harfa in the 1970s documented what appears to be a monumental mausoleum dating to the Roman period.{{Cite journal |last=Barkay |first=G. |last2=Ilan |first2=Z. |last3=Kloner |first3=A. |last4=Mazar |first4=A. |last5=Urman |first5=D. |date=1974 |title=Archaeological Survey in the Northern Bashan (Preliminary Report) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27925462 |journal=Israel Exploration Journal |volume=24 |issue=3/4 |page=182 |issn=0021-2059}}
The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.Roy Marom, “[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0zf1p3d1 Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds],” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arraf, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 67
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External links
{{Rif Dimashq Governorate|qatana}}
Category:Druze communities in Syria
Category:Populated places in Qatana District
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