Bakka
بكا | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′59″N 36°34′20″E / 32.48306°N 36.57222°E / 32.48306; 36.57222 | |
| PAL | 298/210 |
| Country | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Syria_(2025-).svg.png) Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Dhibin |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 2,563 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Bakka (Arabic: بكا) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Bakka had a population of 2,563 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Bakka, as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Malik as-Sadir, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 21 households and 10 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (4200 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (3200 a.), goats and beehives (150 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues"; the taxes totalled 9,500 akçe.[3]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Beka, a ruin located "in the Nukrah, east of Busrah",[4] the Nukrah being the southern Hauran plain.
Religious buildings
- Maqam Prophet Sabalan (Druze Shrine)
See also
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah 1977, p. 212.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 154
Bibliography
- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
