Coordinates: 33°22′51″N 36°10′55″E / 33.38083°N 36.18194°E / 33.38083; 36.18194

Kawkab, Rif Dimashq

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
For other places with the same name, see Kawkab.
Kawkab
كوكب
Village
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQatana District
NahiyahQatana
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
1,188
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kawkab (Arabic: كوكب) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Kawkab is Arabic for "star".[2] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,188 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

[edit | edit source]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village, located in Wady 'el-Ajam, between Damascus and the Hauran.[3]

On 30 September, 1918 Kawkab was the site of the World War I successful "Charge at Kaukab" of the Australian 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments directed against dug-in German and Ottoman remnants of the Seventh and Eighth Armies, joined by units from Damascus.

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 148

Bibliography

[edit | edit source]
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).


Stub icon

This article about a location in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Kawkab,_Rif_Dimashq&oldid=19325742"