Al-Mashqouq

Al-Mashqouq
المشقوق
Al-Mashquq
Village
Al-Mashqouq
Coordinates: 32°25′31″N 36°43′38″E / 32.42528°N 36.72722°E / 32.42528; 36.72722
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSalkhad
SubdistrictSalkhad
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
1,297
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Mashqouq (Arabic: المشقوق) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mashqouq had a population of 1,297 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

Religious buildings

  • Maqam Abedmar (Druze Shrine)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.