Kharaba

Kharaba
خربا
Kharraba, Kherba
Village
Kharaba is located in Syria
Kharaba
Kharaba
Coordinates: 32°35′14″N 36°26′34″E / 32.58722°N 36.44278°E / 32.58722; 36.44278
Country Syria
Governorateas-Suwayda
Districtas-Suwayda
Subdistrictas-Suwayda
Population
 (2004)
 • Total581
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kharaba (Arabic: خربا) also spelled Kharraba or Kherba, is a village in southeastern Syria, administratively part of the as-Suwayda District of the as-Suwayda Governorate, located southwest of as-Suwayda city and northeast of Daraa. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 581.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2][3]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Betts, 1988, p. 60
  3. ^ Butler, Littmann et al, 1930, p. 16