Jabal al-Druze

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Pp-move-vandalism Template:More footnotes Template:Druze Template:Infobox mountain Jabal al-Druze (Template:Langx), is an elevated volcanic region in the Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Most of the inhabitants of this region are Druze, and there are also significant Christian communities.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org">The Druze and Assad: Strategic Bedfellows</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Safaitic inscriptions were first found in this area. The State of Jabal Druze was an autonomous area in the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon from 1921 to 1936.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located in Mount Lebanon.Template:Citation needed

In Syria, most Druze reside in Suwayda Governorate, which encompasses almost all of Jabal al-Druze. This governorate is unique in Syria as it has a Druze majority. Additionally, it has integrated Christian communities that have long coexisted harmoniously with the Druze in these mountains.<ref name="Balanche 2017 27">Template:Cite book</ref>

In the 1980s Druze made up 87.6% of the population, Christians (mostly Greek Orthodox) 11% and Sunni Muslims 2%.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2010, the As-Suwayda governorate has a population of about 375,000 inhabitants, Druze made up 90%, Christians 7% and Sunni Muslims 3%.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org">The Druze and Assad: Strategic Bedfellows</ref> Due to low birth and high emigration rates, Christians proportion in As-Suwayda had declined.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org"/>

Geology

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Map of Jabal al-Druze

The Jabal al-Druze volcanic field, the southernmost in Syria, lies in the Haurun-Druze Plateau in SW Syria near the border with Jordan. The most prominent feature of this volcanic field is 1800m-high Jabal al-Druze (also known variously as Jabal ad Duruz, Djebel Al-Arab, Jabal Druze, Djebel ed Drouz). The alkaline volcanic field consists of a group of 118 basaltic volcanoes active from the lower-Pleistocene to the Holocene (2.6 million years ago to present). The large SW Plateau depression is filled by basaltic lava flows from volcanoes aligned in a NW-SE direction. This volcanic field lies within the northern part of the massive alkaline Harrat al-Sham (also known as Harrat al-Shaam) volcanic field that extends from southern Syria to Saudi Arabia.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Peaks

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• Tell Qeni (1,803 m)
• Tell Joualine (1,732 m)
• Tell Sleiman (1,703 m)
• Tell Qleib (1,698 m)
• Tell Abou-Hamra (1,482 m)
• Tell El-Ahmar (1,452 m)
• Tell Abed-Mar (1,436 m)
• Tell Khodr-Imtan (1,341 m)
• Tell Azran (1,220 m)
• Tell Shihan (1,138 m)

In Arabic, the word "tell" means "mound" or "hill", but in Jabal al-Druze it rather refers to a volcanic cone.

See also

• Druze in Syria
• Jabal Druze State
• List of volcanoes in Syria