Kawkab, Rif Dimashq

For other places with the same name, see Kawkab.

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.

Kawkab كوكب
Village
Kawkab Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°22′51″N 36°10′55″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
District	Qatana District
Nahiyah	Qatana
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	1,188
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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.