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 | |
| PAL | 237/253 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Tasil |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 960 |
| Time zone | UTC+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
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=249711
- ^ https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=249926