Kawkab ( ar, كوكب) is a Syrian village in the

Qatana District Qatana District ( ar-at, منطقة قطنا, minṭaqat Qaṭana) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The district is located just to the east of Mount Hermon Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل ح� ...

of the

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the ...

. Kawkab is

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for "planet". According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,188 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village, located in Wady 'el-Ajam, between Damascus and the Hauran.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
148
/ref> On 30 September, 1918 Kawkab was the site of the

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successful " Charge at Kaukab" of the Australian 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments directed against dug-in

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and Ottoman remnants of the

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and Eighth Armies, joined by units from Damascus.

References

Bibliography

* Populated places in Qatana District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub