Shaqra () is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaqra had a population of 487 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian, with a Sunni Muslim minority.https://npasyria.com/99614/
History In 1596, Shaqra appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Saqra; part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 12 households and 7 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3600 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (1800), goats and beehives (460), in addition to "occasional revenues" (500); a total of 8,160 akçe. 1/3 of the revenue went to a waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "in the Luhf, west of the Lejah".Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
Demographics In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 2,300 believers.https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
Religious buildings Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Old Church)http://syriatimes.sy/church-restored-in-dara/https://archive.sana.sy/en/?p=145506 Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Church (New Church)https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Mosque (outside of the village)
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External links Naoua-map, 20L