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Za'ura, Syria
Za'ura (), was a Syrian Alawite village situated in the northwestern Golan Heights. (Za'ura shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village) The German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen visited Za'ura in 1806 during his travels in the region. In 1888 the village consisted of 65 dwellings and 350 residents. They grew rice in the Hula marshes and tobacco around the village. Before 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights together with 'Ayn Fit and Ghajar. After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states, primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ..., they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights. Za'ura was destroyed in 1967. See also * Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Syria
Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic language, Arabic ''muḥāfaẓāt'', singular ''Muhafazah, muḥāfaẓah''). The governorates are divided into sixty-five Districts of Syria, districts (''manāṭiq'', singular ''Mintaqah, minṭaqah''), which are further divided into subdistricts (''nawāḥī'', singular ''Nahiyah, nāḥiyah''). The ''nawāḥī'' contain villages, which are the smallest administrative units. Each governorate is headed by a governor, appointed by the president, subject to cabinet approval. The governor is responsible for administration, health, social services, education, tourism, public works, transportation, domestic trade, agriculture, industry, civil defense, and maintenance of law and order in the governorate. The minister of each local administration works closely with each governor to coordinate and supervise local development proj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
