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Kharaba
Village in Suwayda, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kharaba (Arabic: خربا) also spelled Kharraba or Kherba, is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate, located southwest of Suwayda city and northeast of Daraa. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3]
The residents were displaced from the village during the early years of the Syrian Civil War and were only able to return in May of 2020.[4]
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Religious buildings
- St. George of the Greek Orthodox Church
- Transguration Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- National Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- St. Lazarus Church
- St. Mary the Egyptian Church (Archeological church)
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