Al-Karak, Syria Explained

Official Name:Al-Karak
Native Name:الكرك
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:Daraa
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Musayfira
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:10,510
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:32.6872°N 36.3508°W
Blank Name Sec1:City Qrya Pcode
Blank Info Sec1:C6047

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.[1]

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.[2]

In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Nukrah, South of Eshmiskin".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Census of Population 2004.. ar . 2022-05-07.
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 212
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151