Beer Ajam

Beer Ajam
بئر عجم
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Beer Ajam is located in Syria
Beer Ajam
Beer Ajam
Beer Ajam is located in the Golan Heights
Beer Ajam
Beer Ajam
Coordinates: 33°03′11.68″N 35°52′1.62″E / 33.0532444°N 35.8671167°E / 33.0532444; 35.8671167
Grid position231/273
Country Syria
GovernorateQuneitra
DistrictQuneitra
SubdistrictQuneitra
Settled1872
Elevation942 m (3,091 ft)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total353
 • Religions
Sunni Muslim
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code14

Beer Ajam (Arabic: بئر عجم, romanizedBiʾr ʿAjam, also spelled Bir Ajam, lit. "Non-Arabs' Spring") is a Syrian Circassian village in the Quneitra Governorate in the Syrian controlled portion of the Golan Heights. It has been inhabited for about 150 years. Its first houses were built in 1872. Nearby localities include Quneitra to the north, Naba al-Sakhr to the northeast, al-Harra to the east, Namer to the southeast and Bariqa to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Beer Ajam had a population of 353 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are Circassians from the Abadzekh and Kebertei tribes.

  1. ^ Geoffrey William Bromiley. "Golan", in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: E-J, p. 520. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-8028-3782-4
  2. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Quneitra Governorate. (in Arabic)