Al-Hayyat
Al-Hayyat
الهيات | |
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Village | |
  Al-Hayyat Location within Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°56′22″N 36°39′22″E / 32.93944°N 36.65611°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Shaqqa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,176 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Hayyat (Arabic: الهيات) is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Hayyat had a population of 1,176 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
Archaeology
[edit]A reused lintel found in the inner wall of a local barn bears an inscription recording the construction of a Tychaion (a shrine dedicated to Tyche, goddess of fortune).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ↑ Mazzilli, Francesca (2018). Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300). Archaeopress. p. 169. doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv916. ISBN 978-1-78491-954-2.
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