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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
1782: 753:(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 1056:...comprised 50,328 inhabitants, of whom 85 per cent were Druze, and it integrated Christian communities (7,000 people) who had long lived in these mountains in harmony with the Druze. 970: 1411: 404: 1718: 1391: 372: 617: 1156: 1085: 1396: 381: 64: 1371: 1772: 1049: 944: 818: 723: 86: 792: 697: 549: 796: 701: 1610: 1436: 1757: 1416: 647: 781: 686: 57: 51: 1350: 1217: 1149: 896: 187: 800: 785: 705: 690: 1777: 68: 1762: 1179: 650:) 11% and Sunni Muslims 2%. In 2010, the As-Suwayda governorate has a population of about 375,000 inhabitants, 146: 1767: 1537: 1637: 1554: 1532: 1431: 1421: 1257: 640: 628: 593: 575: 502: 413: 249: 1657: 1386: 1247: 1142: 636: 226: 736: 1674: 1441: 1252: 659: 487: 304: 254: 1627: 587: 542: 427: 1309: 745:
Drouz). The alkaline volcanic field consists of a group of 118 basaltic volcanoes active from the
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from 1921 to 1936. In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located in
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Krienitz, M.-S.; Haase, K. M.; Mezger, K.; Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (August 2007).
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In the 1980s Druze made up 87.6% of the population, Christians (mostly
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This article is about the geographic region. For the state, see
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Tell Qeni (1803 m) is the highest point of Jabal al-Druze.
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Jabal el Druze
Jabal Druze State
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Druze
The Druze Star
Al-Muwahhidun
Ahl at-Tawhid
Reincarnation
Theophany
Esotericism
Divine Call
Seven Druze pillars
Taqiya
Walayah
Shu'ayb
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Hamza ibn Ali
Al-Darazi
Baha al-Din al-Muqtana
Al-Tanukhi
Epistles of Wisdom
Mount Druze
Shrine of Shu'ayb
Khalwat

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