Al-Bakkar Sharqi
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Not to be confused with Al-Bakkar.
Village in Daraa, Syria
Al-Bakkar Sharqi
البكار شرقي | |
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Village | |
Al-Bakkar Sharqi is located in Syria Al-Bakkar Sharqi Al-Bakkar Sharqi | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′27′′N 35°55′42′′E / 32.87417°N 35.92833°E / 32.87417; 35.92833 | |
| PAL | 237/253 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Tasil |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 960 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Bakkar Sharqi (Arabic: البكار شرقي) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bakkar Sharqi had a population of 960 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
History
[edit ]Civil War
[edit ]Main article: Syrian civil war
On 28 September 2021, Syrian Army units reinforced their positions in several villages of Daraa’s countryside after settlement agreements, including in al-Bakkar Sharqi, where militants, wanted persons, and deserters handed over weapons and had their status regularized.[2] [3]
Religious buildings
[edit ]- Mosque
References
[edit ]- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013年01月12日 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=249711
- ^ https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=249926
