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Daraa

درعا
Daraa is located in Syrie
Daraa
Daraa
Coordinates: 32°37′N 36°6′E / 32.617°N 36.100°E / 32.617; 36.100
Kintra Sirie
GovrenorateDaraa Govrenorate
DestrictDaraa Destrict
NahiyaDaraa
Govrenment
 • GovrenorMohammad Khaled al-Hannus[1]
Elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[2]
 • City97,969
 • Metro
146,481
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)15

Daraa (Arabic: درعا‎), an aw Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera, an Derʿā ("fortress", compare Dura-Europos), is a ceety in soothwastren Sirie, near the border wi Jordan, wi a population o approximately 77,203.[3] It is the caipital o Daraa Govrenorate, historically pairt o the auncient Hauran region. The ceety is locatit aboot 100 kilometres (62 mi) sooth o Damascus on the Damascus-Amman heich-gate, an is uised as a stoppin station for travelers.

Daraa is an auncient ceety datin back tae the Canaanites. It wis mentioned in Egyptian hieroglyphic tablets at the time o the Pharaoh Thutmose III atween 1490 an 1436 BC. It wis kent in those days as the ceety o Atharaa, an wis later mentioned in the Auld Testament as Edrei in the Kinrick o Baushan. Locatit in the ceety itsel are a few ruins includin caves an auncient dwellins, a Roman amphitheater, an the auld Oumari Mosque which is o some airchitectural significance, datin back tae the Umayyad an Ayyubid eras.

Climate

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Climate data for Dara'a
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average heich °C (°F) 13.3
(55.9)
14.7
(58.5)
18.0
(64.4)
23.6
(74.5)
28.5
(83.3)
31.3
(88.3)
32.6
(90.7)
32.6
(90.7)
31.3
(88.3)
27.8
(82.0)
21.0
(69.8)
15.2
(59.4)
24.2
(75.5)
Average law °C (°F) 3.2
(37.8)
4.0
(39.2)
6.0
(42.8)
9.3
(48.7)
12.5
(54.5)
15.8
(60.4)
18.3
(64.9)
18.6
(65.5)
16.5
(61.7)
12.8
(55.0)
7.8
(46.0)
4.6
(40.3)
10.8
(51.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 60.9
(2.40)
49.4
(1.94)
42.3
(1.67)
15.2
(0.60)
3.4
(0.13)
1.0
(0.04)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.4
(0.02)
9.4
(0.37)
22.9
(0.90)
45.9
(1.81)
250.8
(9.88)
Average precipitation days 10 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 48
Source: World Meteorological Organization
  1. "Syria protest town 'has new governor'". France 24. 4 Apryle 2011. Archived frae the original on 3 Mey 2011. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2011.
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CBS
  3. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 5 Januar 2013. Retrieved 5 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Further readin

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  • T.E. Lawrence, (various editions) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Chapter LXXX
  • J.G. Schumacher,(1886) Across the Jordan, pp. 1–148;

Freemit airtins

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