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Mafaalah

Coordinates : 32°46′18″N 36°38′41″E / 32.77167°N 36.64472°E / 32.77167; 36.64472 Mafaalah ( Arabic : مفعلة , also spelled Mafaala ) is a village in southern Syria , administrati...

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Coordinates: 32°46′18″N36°38′41″E / 32.77167°N 36.64472°E / 32.77167; 36.64472

Mafaalah (Arabic: مفعلة, also spelled Mafaala) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 4,168.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted that the inhabitants of Mef'aleh in Jebel Hauran were predominantly Druse.[3]

Religious buildings

  • Maqam al-Masih (Druze Shrine)
  • Maqam on Tal Hamra

See also

References

  1. ↑"General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑"Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
  3. ↑Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Second appendix, B, p. 157

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