Khalkhalah ( ar, خلخلة) is a
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
n village in
Shahba District
Shahba District ( ar-at, منطقة شهبا, manṭiqat Šahbā) is a district of the as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Shahba
Shahba ( ar, شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: ''Shahbā'') is a city locat ...
in
As-Suwayda Governorate
As-Suwayda or Al-Suwayda Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة السويداء / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat as-Suwaydā’'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is the southernmost governorate and has an area of 5,550 km² ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Khalkhalah had a population of 2,268 in the 2004 census.
History
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, situated "in the Luhf, east of the
Lejah
The Lajat (/ALA-LC: ''al-Lajāʾ''), also spelled ''Lejat'', ''Lajah'', ''el-Leja'' or ''Laja'', is the largest lava field in southern Syria, spanning some 900 square kilometers. Located about southeast of Damascus, the Lajat borders the Hauran ...
, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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Populated places in Shahba District
Villages in Syria