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Daraa
Daraa (Arabic: دَرْعَا, romanized: Darʿā, Levantine Arabic: [ˈdarʕa]) is a city in southwestern Syria, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. Located 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Damascus on the Damascus–Amman highway, it serves as a way station for travelers. Nearby localities include Umm al-Mayazen and Nasib to the southeast, al-Naimah to the east, Ataman to the north, al-Yaduda to the northwest and Ramtha, Jordan, to the southwest.
According to the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, Daraa had a population of 97,969 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiya (subdistrict) which contained eight localities with a collective population of 146,481 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Daraa became known as the "cradle of the revolution" after the arrest of 15 boys from prominent families for painting graffiti with anti-government slogans which sparked the beginning of the 2011 Syrian revolution.
The name Daraa goes back to ancient Canaanite origins, as it was mentioned in ancient texts as "Idraat," which means "refuge," "fortress," or "shield."
The biblical account says that Og was a giant, with an iron bed "nine cubits long and four cubits wide, equal to the cubit of a man" (Deuteronomy 3:11). He confronted the Israelites and clashed with them at Adhrath, where they killed him and his sons and divided up the cities of his kingdom. This giant is known in Islamic literature as Og ibn Unq.
Daraa is an ancient city dating to the Late Bronze Age. It was mentioned in texts from the New Kingdom of Egypt of the reign of Thutmose III (1490-1436 BCE) as the city of Atharaa. The Hebrew Bible refers to it as Edrei (Biblical Hebrew: אֶדְרֶעִי, romanized: Eḏreʿi), the capital of Bashan, site of a battle where the Israelites defeated Og. According to Jewish tradition, Eldad and Medad were buried in Edrei.
During the Seleucid Empire, and the Roman Empire after 106, the city was known as Adraa (Koine Greek: Ἀδράα), and appears on its coinage. It was incorporated into the province of Arabia Petraea.
By the 3rd century, it had gained the status of polis or self-governed city. The Roman historian Eusebius referred to it. The area east of Adraa was a centre of the Ebionites. Adraa itself was a Christian bishopric. Arabio, the first bishop of Adraa whose name is known, participated in the Council of Seleucia of 359. Uranius was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381; Proclus at the anti-Eutyches synod of Constantinople in 448 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451; and Dorimenius at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. No longer a residential bishopric, Adraa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. It was also a centre of monastic and missionary activity in the Syrian Desert.
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Daraa
Daraa (Arabic: دَرْعَا, romanized: Darʿā, Levantine Arabic: [ˈdarʕa]) is a city in southwestern Syria, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. Located 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Damascus on the Damascus–Amman highway, it serves as a way station for travelers. Nearby localities include Umm al-Mayazen and Nasib to the southeast, al-Naimah to the east, Ataman to the north, al-Yaduda to the northwest and Ramtha, Jordan, to the southwest.
According to the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, Daraa had a population of 97,969 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiya (subdistrict) which contained eight localities with a collective population of 146,481 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Daraa became known as the "cradle of the revolution" after the arrest of 15 boys from prominent families for painting graffiti with anti-government slogans which sparked the beginning of the 2011 Syrian revolution.
The name Daraa goes back to ancient Canaanite origins, as it was mentioned in ancient texts as "Idraat," which means "refuge," "fortress," or "shield."
The biblical account says that Og was a giant, with an iron bed "nine cubits long and four cubits wide, equal to the cubit of a man" (Deuteronomy 3:11). He confronted the Israelites and clashed with them at Adhrath, where they killed him and his sons and divided up the cities of his kingdom. This giant is known in Islamic literature as Og ibn Unq.
Daraa is an ancient city dating to the Late Bronze Age. It was mentioned in texts from the New Kingdom of Egypt of the reign of Thutmose III (1490-1436 BCE) as the city of Atharaa. The Hebrew Bible refers to it as Edrei (Biblical Hebrew: אֶדְרֶעִי, romanized: Eḏreʿi), the capital of Bashan, site of a battle where the Israelites defeated Og. According to Jewish tradition, Eldad and Medad were buried in Edrei.
During the Seleucid Empire, and the Roman Empire after 106, the city was known as Adraa (Koine Greek: Ἀδράα), and appears on its coinage. It was incorporated into the province of Arabia Petraea.
By the 3rd century, it had gained the status of polis or self-governed city. The Roman historian Eusebius referred to it. The area east of Adraa was a centre of the Ebionites. Adraa itself was a Christian bishopric. Arabio, the first bishop of Adraa whose name is known, participated in the Council of Seleucia of 359. Uranius was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381; Proclus at the anti-Eutyches synod of Constantinople in 448 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451; and Dorimenius at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. No longer a residential bishopric, Adraa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. It was also a centre of monastic and missionary activity in the Syrian Desert.