Daraa

Daraa (), 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. 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.

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Notes

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

Freemit airtins
 Offeecial Steid o Daraa Govrenorate  
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Category:Ceeties in Sirie
Category:Populatit places in Daraa Destrict
Category:Fertile Crescent