Ar-Rafqah

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Ar-Rafqah
الرافقة
Village
Ar-Rafqah is located in Syria
Ar-Rafqah
Ar-Rafqah
Coordinates: 32°27′34″N 36°40′21″E / 32.45944°N 36.67250°E / 32.45944; 36.67250
PAL307/208
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSalkhad
SubdistrictSalkhad
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
  Total
101
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ar-Rafqah (Arabic: الرافقة) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ar-Rafqah had a population of 101 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as er-Rafikeh, a ruin located east of Salkhad.[3]

Religious buildings

  • Maqam Prophet Shuaib (Druze Shrine)

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