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Nimreh

Village in Suwayda, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nimreh (Arabic: نمرة, also called Nimra) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located northeast of Suwayda. It is situated on the northern end of Jabal al-Arab. Nearby localities include Shaqqa, Hit and al-Junaynah to the north, Shahba, Slaim and Murdok to the west and Mafaalah and Qanawat to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nimreh had a population of 4,376 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]

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History

In 1838 Eli Smith noted Nimreh as being located in Hauran Sanjak, and inhabited by Druze and Antiochian Greek Christians.[3]

Religious buildings

  • Maqam Umm Jadoukh (Druze Shrine)

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