Shaqra, Syria
{{Short description|Village in Syria}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Daraa
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|subdivision_name2 = Izra
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Shaqra ({{langx|ar|شقرا}}) is a Syrian village in Izra District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census.{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |archive-url= |archivedate= |language=ar |accessdate=2022-05-07}}
History
In 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of Bani Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 12 households and 7 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3600 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (1800), goats and beehives (460), in addition to "occasional revenues" (500); a total of 8,160 akçe. 1/3 of the revenue went to a waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
In 1838, it was noted as Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Luhf, west of the Lejah".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/155/mode/1up 155]
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book
| last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth
| last2 =Abdulfattah|first2=K. |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah
| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ
| year = 1977
| publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
- {{cite book
|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)
|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith
|year=1841
|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft
|title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838
|location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster
|volume=3}}
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External links
- [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-vn745520-s20l Naoua-map, 20L]
{{Daraa Governorate|izra}}
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Category:Populated places in Izra' District
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