Za'ura, Syria
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Za'ura
زعورة Zaaoura | |
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Village | |
  Za'ura | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′08″N 35°42′36″E / 33.218845°N 35.709916°E | |
| Grid position | 218/285 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Quneitra |
| District | Quneitra |
| Region | Golan Heights |
| Destroyed | 1967[1] |
Za'ura (Arabic: زعورة), was a Syrian Alawite village situated in the northwestern Golan Heights.[2][3]
The German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen visited Za'ura in 1806 during his travels in the region.[4]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Za'ura's population as Alawites.[5]
In 1888 the village consisted of 65 dwellings and 350 residents.[6] They grew rice in the Hula marshes and tobacco around the village.[6]
Before 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights together with 'Ayn Fit and Ghajar.[3] After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War, they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights.[7] Za'ura was destroyed in 1967.[8]
