Umm Haratayn (Arabic: أم حارتين, also spelled Umm Hartein) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located north of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include al-Hirak, Khirbet Ghazaleh and Da'el to the west and Umm Walad and Bosra to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm Haratayn had a population of 574 in the 2004 census.[1]

Modern-day Umm Haratayn was established by Druze migrants led by the Halabi family between 1867 and 1883.[2] The village is the birthplace of Arab singer Samira Tewfik.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Firro, 1992, p. 175
  3. ^ Swedenburg, Ted (2014-02-03). "Samira Tawfiq Sings to Jordan's Red Kufiya". Hawgblawg.

Bibliography

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Haratayn,_al-Suwayda
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