Burd برد | |
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Village | |
  Burd | |
| Coordinates:32°30′31″N36°32′33″E / 32.50861°N 36.54250°E /32.50861; 36.54250 | |
| PAL | 295/213 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Qurayyah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 207 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Burd (Arabic:برد) is a village situated in theSalkhad District ofSuwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Burd had a population of 207 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyDruze, with aSunni Muslim Bedouin minority.[2]
In 1596, it appeared in theOttomantax registers as Burd (dir nazd Tasil), as part of thenahiya (subdistrict) ofBani Malik as-Sadir, in theHauran Sanjak. It had an entirelyMuslim population consisting of 8 households and 2 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (750 a.), barley (450 a.), summer crops (700 a.) goats and beehives (100 a.); the taxes totalled 2,000akçe.[3]
In 1838,Eli Smith noted it asBurd, a ruin located "in the Nukrah, east ofBusrah",[4] the Nukrah being the southernHauran plain.
Capital:Suwayda | |||||||||||||||
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