Official Name: | Shaqra |
Native Name: | شقرا |
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: | Daraa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Izra |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Izra |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 487 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 32.9069°N 36.2375°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | C6099 |
Shaqra (Arabic: 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.[1]
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.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Luhf, west of the Lejah".[3]