Yaafour
Yaafour يعفور | |
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Town | |
  Yaafour Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°32′N36°04′E / 33.533°N 36.067°E / 33.533; 36.067 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
| District | Qatana District |
| Nahiyah | Qatana |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 4,638 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Yaafour (Arabic: يعفور) is a Syrian town in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Yaafour had a population of 4,638 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.[2]
References
- ^ abGeneral Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^Roy Marom, “Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds,” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arraf, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 67
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