Kharaba Explained

Official Name:	Kharaba
Native Name:	خربا
Other Name:	Kharraba, Kherba
Pushpin Map:	Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	as-Suwayda
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	as-Suwayda
Subdivision Type3:	Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:	as-Suwayda
Settlement Type:	Village
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2004
Population Total:	581
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	32.5872°N 36.4428°W

Kharaba (ar|خربا) also spelled Kharraba or Kherba, is a village in southeastern Syria, administratively part of the as-Suwayda District of the as-Suwayda Governorate, located southwest of as-Suwayda city and northeast of Daraa. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Book: Betts. Robert Brenton. The Druze. 1988. Yale University Press. registration. 60.
• Book: Butler . H.C.. Howard Crosby Butler. Littmann. E.. Enno Littmann. Prentice . William Kelly. Stoever. Edward Royal . Syria, Publications: Divisions I-IV, by Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, 1904-5 and 1909. 6 (Seeia). 1930. E. J.Brill. Leyden.

Notes and References

1. Web site: General Census of Population 2004.. 2014-07-10.
2. Betts, 1988, p. 60
3. Butler, Littmann et al, 1930, p. 16