Jabal al-Druze

Jabal al-Druze (Arabic: جبل الدروز, romanized: Jabal ad-Durūz, lit.'Mountain of the Druze'), also known as Jabal al-Arab or Jabal Hauran,^[1] is an elevated volcanic region in Hauran in the Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria.^[2] Most of the inhabitants of this region are Druze, and there are also significant Christian communities.^[3][4]Safaitic inscriptions were first found in this area. The Jabal Druze State was an autonomous area in the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon from 1921 to 1936, which had 42 of the Haurans ~180 towns.^[5][6][7] In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located in Mount Lebanon.

In Syria, most Druze reside in Suwayda Governorate, which encompasses almost all of Jabal al-Druze. This governorate is unique in Syria as it has a Druze majority. Additionally, it has integrated Christian communities that have long coexisted harmoniously with the Druze in these mountains.^[8]

In the 1980s Druze made up 87.6% of the population, Christians (mostly Greek Orthodox) 11% and Sunni Muslims 2%.^[9] In 2010, the As-Suwayda governorate has a population of about 375,000 inhabitants, Druze made up 90%, Christians 7% and Sunni Muslims 3%.^[3] Due to low birth and high emigration rates, the Christian proportion in As-Suwayda had declined.^[3]

El campo volcánico de Jabal al-Druze, el más meridional de Siria, se encuentra en la meseta de Haurun-Druze, en el suroeste de Siria, cerca de la frontera con Jordania. La característica más destacada de este campo volcánico es el Jabal al-Druze, de 1800 m de altura (también conocido como Jabal ad Duruz, Djebel Al-Arab, Jabal Druze, Djebel ed Drouz). ^{[ 10 ]} El campo volcánico alcalino consta de un grupo de 118 volcanes basálticos activos desde el Pleistoceno inferior hasta el Holoceno (hace 2,6 millones de años hasta la actualidad). La gran depresión de la meseta suroeste está rellena de flujos de lava basáltica procedentes de volcanes alineados en dirección noroeste-sureste. Este campo volcánico se encuentra dentro de la parte norte del enorme campo volcánico alcalino de Harrat al-Sham (también conocido como Harrat al-Shaam), que se extiende desde el sur de Siria hasta Arabia Saudí. ^{[ 11 ]}

• Tell Qeni (1.803 m)
• Tell Joualine (1732 m)
• Tell Sleiman (1703 m)
• Tell Qleib (1.698 m)
• Tell Abou-Hamra (1.482 m)
• Tell El-Ahmar (1.452 m)
• Tell Abed-Mar (1.436 m)
• Tell Khodr-Imtan (1.341 m)
• Tell Azran (1.220 m)
• Tell Shihan (1.138 m)

En árabe , la palabra " tell " significa "montículo" o "colina", pero en Jabal al-Druze se refiere más bien a un cono volcánico .

• Drusos en Siria
• Estado druso de Jabal
• Lista de volcanes en Siria

32°40′N 36°44′E / 32.667°N 36.733°E / 32.667; 36.733