Kharaba ( ar, خربا) also spelled ''Kharraba'' or ''Kherba'', is a village in southeastern
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 ...
, administratively part of the
as-Suwayda District of the
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 ...
, located southwest of
as-Suwayda city and northeast of
Daraa. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 581. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Greek Orthodox Christians.
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Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Syria
Populated places in as-Suwayda District
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