Beqaasem

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Beqaasem
بقعسم
Village
Beqaasem is located in Syria
Beqaasem
Beqaasem
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°24′18″N 35°56′15″E / 33.40500°N 35.93750°E / 33.40500; 35.93750
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQatana District
NahiyahQatana
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
2,268
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Beqaasem (Arabic: بقعسم) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Beqaasem had a population of 2,268 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

History

The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.[3]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Beqaasem's population as Druze.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "Mount Hermon battles highlight divide among Druze communities". Al-Akhbar. 2014-11-11. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  3. ^ Roy Marom, “Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds,” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arraf, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 67
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 139

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