Back درعا Arabic ܕܪܥܐ (ܡܕܝܢܬܐ) ARC درعا (مدينه فى منطقه مركز درعا) ARZ Dəra Azerbaijani درعا AZB Дэр’а Byelorussian Дераа Bulgarian Dera Catalan ДарӀа CE Dar‘ā (kapital sa lalawigan sa Sirya) CEB

Daraa

This article is about the city in Syria. For the river in Morocco, see Draa River. For the traditional Quranic schools in Senegal, see Daara. For other uses, see Dara (disambiguation).
Daraa
دَرْعَا
City
Daraa in 2008
Daraa in 2008
Daraa is located in Syria
Daraa
Daraa
Coordinates: 32°37′N 36°6′E / 32.617°N 36.100°E / 32.617; 36.100
Grid position253/224 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictDaraa
ControlSyrian transitional government
Elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
97,969
Demonym(s)Arabic: درعاوي, romanized: Darʿāwi
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code15
GeocodeC5993
Websitehttp://www.esyria.sy/edaraa/
Map
Location of Daraa city in the namesake district and governorate.

Daraa (Arabic: دَرْعَا, romanized: Darʿā, Levantine Arabic: [ˈdarʕa] is a city in southwestern Syria, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. Located 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Damascus on the Damascus–Amman highway, it serves as a way station for travelers. Nearby localities include Umm al-Mayazen and Nasib to the southeast, al-Naimah to the east, Ataman to the north, al-Yaduda to the northwest and Ramtha, Jordan, to the southwest.

According to the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, Daraa had a population of 97,969 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiya (subdistrict) which contained eight localities with a collective population of 146,481 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

Daraa became known as the "cradle of the revolution"[3] after the arrest of 15 boys from prominent families for painting graffiti with anti-government slogans[4] which sparked the beginning of the 2011 Syrian Revolution.[5]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Sterling, Joe. Daraa: The spark that lit the Syrian flame. CNN. 2012-03-01.
  3. ^ "Three years later, south Syria's Daraa province locked in stalemate". Syria Direct. Retrieved 2016-02-17.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Syria: How it all began". GlobalPost. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  5. ^ "Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Daraa". Human Rights Watch. June 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
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