Umm Haratayn, Suwayda
Village in Suwayda, Syria
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Umm Haratayn (Arabic: أم حارتين, also spelled Umm Hartein) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located north of Suwayda. Nearby localities include al-Hirak, Khirbet Ghazaleh and Da'el to the west and Umm Walad and Bosra to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm Haratayn had a population of 574 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
Modern-day Umm Haratayn was established by Druze migrants led by the Halabi family between 1867 and 1883.[3] The village is the birthplace of Arab singer Samira Tewfik.[4]