Khalkhalah
Village in Syria
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Khalkhalah (Arabic: خلخلة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khalkhalah had a population of 2,268 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
Khalkhalah
خلخلة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Khalkhalah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′1″N 36°31′55″E | |
| PAL | 293/275 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Sawra as-Saghira |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,268 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6253 |
History
In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of Halala, located in the nahiya of Bani Miglad in the Qada Hawran. It had a Muslim population consisting of 6 households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (4200 a.), barley (500 a.), summer crops (400 a.), goats and/or beehives (140 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues"(150 a.); a total of 5,340 akçe.[3]
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, situated "in the Luhf, east of the Lejah, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".[4]
Religious buildings
- Maqam al-Khidr (Druze Shrine)