Al-Karak, Syria
Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك) is a Syrian village in Daraa District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Karak had a population of 10,510 in the 2004 census.
History
In 1596, Al-Karak appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Karak al-Bataniyya'; part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 45 households and 71 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (10800 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (4200), goats and beehives (1700), in addition to "occasional revenues"(1500); a total of 20,000 akçe. 5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Nukrah, South of Eshmiskin".
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 212
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151
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Izra District |
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Hirak Subdistrict |
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Jasim Subdistrict |
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Nawa Subdistrict |
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Shaykh Maskin Subdistrict |
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Tasil Subdistrict |
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Daraa District |
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Daraa Subdistrict |
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Bosra Subdistrict |
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Da'el Subdistrict |
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Jiza Subdistrict |
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Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict |
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Musayfira Subdistrict |
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Muzayrib Subdistrict |
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Shajara Subdistrict |
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