Al-Bakkar Sharqi

Al-Bakkar Sharqi
البكار شرقي
Village
Al-Bakkar Sharqi
Coordinates: 32°52′27″N 35°55′42″E / 32.87417°N 35.92833°E / 32.87417; 35.92833
PAL237/253
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictIzraa
SubdistrictTasil
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
960
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Bakkar Sharqi (Arabic: البكار شرقي) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bakkar Sharqi had a population of 960 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

Civil War

On 28 September 2021, Syrian Army units reinforced their positions in several villages of Daraa’s countryside after settlement agreements, including in al-Bakkar Sharqi, where militants, wanted persons, and deserters handed over weapons and had their status regularized.[2][3]

Religious buildings

  • Mosque

References