Kawkab, Rif Dimashq Explained

Official Name:Kawkab
Native Name:كوكب
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Rif Dimashq Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Qatana District
Subdivision Type3:Nahiyah
Subdivision Name3:Qatana
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:1188
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.3808°N 36.1819°W

Kawkab (Arabic: كوكب) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Kawkab is Arabic for "star".[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,188 in the 2004 census.[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village, located in Wady 'el-Ajam, between Damascus and the Hauran.[3]

On 30 September, 1918 Kawkab was the site of the World War I successful "Charge at Kaukab" of the Australian 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments directed against dug-in German and Ottoman remnants of the Seventh and Eighth Armies, joined by units from Damascus.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Palmer, E.H.. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. 162. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209020400/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-31-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 148