Samaqiyat
Village in Daraa, Syria
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Al-Samaqiyat, also spelled al-Summaqiyat or Smaqiyat (Arabic: السماقيات), is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa and south of Bosra. Other nearby localities include al-Mataaiya to the west and Samad to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Samaqiyat had a population of 511 in the 2004 census.[1]
Al-Samaqiyat
السماقيات | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Samaqiyat Location within Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°25′46″N 36°23′38″E | |
| PAL | 281/204 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Bosra al-Sham |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 511 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
History
Samaqiyat had been an abandoned village as of 1890, but was resettled by Christians by 1895, when the village had about eleven families.[2][3] The population grew to twenty-five families by 1905.[3] Because its location in the Hamad desert steppe, its land was dry. It also experienced raids by the Druze from the neighboring Jabal al-Druze mountain and by the Bedouin tribes active in the area.[3] The Bedouin overran the area surrounding the village in 1909.[3] Since the Ottoman era, the village has been dominated by the Miqdad clan.[4]
