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Shaqra, Daraa

Shaqra () 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), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian, with a Sunni Muslim minority.

History

In 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of 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.

In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "in the Luhf, west of the Lejah".

Demographics

In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 2,300 believers.

Religious buildings

  • Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Old Church)
  • Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (New Church)
  • Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Mosque (outside of the village)

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