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Harran (Arabic: حران) is a village in the as-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated in the southern Lajah plateau, northwest of the city of as-Suwayda . Harran had a population of 1,523 in the 2004 census.
Harran [a] is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 904 km 2, [3] and its population is 96,072 (2022). [1] It is approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Syrian border crossing at Akçakale.
Although the placename can be found in English as Haran, Charan, and Charran, it should not be confused with the personal name Haran, one of Abram's two brothers.The biblical placename is חָרָן (with a ḥet) in Hebrew, pronounced and can mean "parched," but is more likely to mean "road" or "crossroad," cognate to Old Babylonian ḫaranu (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 54').
Harran al-'Awamid (Arabic: حران العواميد) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southeast of Damascus.It is situated on a plain that stretches to the marshes of Bahrat al-Qibliyah ("South Lake," the source of the Barada River) along the boundary of the fertile Ghouta region to the west, to the north of the Hauran. [2]
The approximate boundaries of the Hauran. Though its geographic definition may vary, the Hauran generally consists of the following subregions: the Hauran plain, which forms the heart of the region; [1] the mountains of Jabal Hauran (also known as 'Jabal al-Druze' or 'Jabal al-Arab') east of the plain; and the Lajat volcanic field to the north of Jabal Hauran.
Alongside the Harran inscription, the only two other known uses of the Arabic script in Syria are the Zabad inscription and the Jabal Says inscription, which also date to the sixth century. [5] Similar to the Harran inscription, the Zabad inscription also contains sections in both Greek and Arabic, and Syriac as well.
Harran, Idlib (Arabic: حران) is a Syrian village located in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Harran, Idlib had a population of 456 in the 2004 census.
Harran al-Awamid, a town in Rif Dimashq Governorate, southern Syria. Harran, Idlib, a village in Idlib Governorate, northern Syria; Harran, as-Suwayda, an ancient village in Shahba District, As-Suwayda Governorate, southwestern Syria