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by | Dec 1, 2017

Ain al-Shaara (Arabic: عين الشعره) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ain al-Shaara had a population of 659 in the 2004 census.[1] Part of its inhabitants are Druze.[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Ain al-Shaara's population as Druze and Orthodox Christians.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 139

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