Maghar al-Mir ( ar, مغرالمير; also known as al-Mughr or Mughr al Mir) 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 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. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maghar al-Mir had a population of 588 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

. It was founded in the 1930s by settlers from the villages of Ayn al-Burj and

Hinah Hinah (Arabic: حينة) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is ...

. Maghar al-Mir had an Olympian come out of their country named

Zid Abou Hamed Zid Abou Hamed ( ar, زيد أبو حامد; born 4 April 1970) is an Australian-Syrian former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Career Hamed originally began to compete for his birth country Syria. He represent ...

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Druze communities in Syria Populated places in Qatana District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub

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