Aqrab

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official_nameAqrab
native_nameعقرب
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other_name
settlement_typeTown
translit_lang1Arab
translit_lang1_typeEnglish
translit_lang1_info"The Scorpion"
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pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_mapsize250
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Syria
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Hama
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Hama
subdivision_type3Subdistrict
subdivision_name3Hirbnafsah
population_total8,422
population_as_of2004
population_density_km2auto
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::callout[type=note] the Syrian town in Hama district ::

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History

According to the Ottoman Defter records, the population of the village increased from 10 households in 1526 to 39 households by 1594. In an Ottoman government record from 1818, Aqrab was listed as one of two Turkmen villages belonging to the Qirra ('Villages') Khaliliyya; the other village was neighboring Ik'una and the two villages together consisted of 49 feddans and paid 10,350 qirsh in taxes, as well as 7,380 qirsh in illegal exactions to the mutasallim of Hama, Faraj Agha. At the time, the multazims (tax farmers) of Aqrab were locals from the village. In 1838, it was recorded as a Sunni Muslim village.

In the late 19th or early 20th centuries, Aqrab's inhabitants sold all or most of their lands to the urban notables of Hama, turning its small landowners into tenant farmers. By the early 1930s, the prominent Kaylani family of Hama were the village's owners and the inhabitants were largely Sunni Muslim Turkmens. The urban landowners of Hama, referred to as "feudalists" in a United Nations report, continued to own Aqrab as late as 1958.

Syrian civil war

Main article: Aqrab massacre

Since the beginning of the ongoing Syrian civil war in 2011, several Alawite families threatened by Sunni rebel fighters have fled Aqrab for nearby predominantly Alawite villages such as Baarin. On 11 December 2012, bomb attacks in the village left between 125-200 civilians dead or wounded according to opposition activists. Most of the casualties were reportedly Alawites, and local witnesses blamed FSA rebels from Houla and al-Rastan for the killings.

Demographics

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Aqrab had a population of 8,422 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in the Hirbnafsah nahiyah. The population of Aqrab is roughly two-thirds Sunni Muslim, with the remainder being Alawites. Many of Aqrab's Sunni inhabitants are of Turkmen descent. The Alawite inhabitants live mostly in the enclave of Jbeili where they make up about 200 families. By August of 2018, the total population of Aqrab had declined to between 4,000 and 5,000 people.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. Nasiroğlu, Mehtap. (2014-01-01). "XIV. yüzyılda Hama Sancağında kırsal yerleşme". Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi.
  2. United Nations. Technical Assistance Administration. [https://books.google.com/books?id=prDNAAAAMAAJ&q=Akrab Technical assistance program: Report]. ECA, 1958.
  3. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Dec-11/198100-bombings-in-syria-alawite-village-leave-125-victims-ngo.ashx#axzz2Ei1TT1jX Up to 200 hurt in attack on Syrian Alawite village - activists]. ''[[The Daily Star (Lebanon). The Daily Star]]''. 2012-12-11. Originally published by ''[[Reuters]]''.
  4. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/12/20121211102930540995.html Scores reportedly killed in Syria's Hama]. ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''. 2012-12-11.
  5. Mackey, Robert. (18 December 2012) [http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/accounts-of-a-siege-in-syria-differ-on-rebel-youtube-channels-and-british-television/ Accounts of a Siege in Syria Differ on Rebel YouTube Channels and British Television]. ''The New York Times''.
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  7. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9738688/Syria-explosions-kill-scores-in-Alawite-villages.html Syria: explosions kill scores in Alawite villages]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph]]''. 2012-12-11.
  8. Hartmann, 2012, p. 54.
  9. Rosen, Nir. [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/20111023102856446977.html A Tale of Two Syrian Villages: Part two]. ''[[Al-Jazeera English]]'' (AJE). 2011-10-26.
  10. "HSOS Round 39 - dataset for August 2018".

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