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| Jabal al-Druze | |
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| Jabal al-Druze Jabal Hauran | |
 Tell Qeni, the highest peak of Jabal al-Druze | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Tell Qeni, Suwayda Governorate,Syria |
| Elevation | 1,803 m (5,916 ft) |
| Coordinates | 32°40′N36°44′E / 32.667°N 36.733°E /32.667; 36.733 |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Named after theDruze people who inhabit the region |
| Native name | جبل العرب |
| English translation | Mountain of the Druze |
| Geography | |
  Jabal al-Druze | |
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| Country |  Syria |
| Region | As-Suwayda Governorate |
| Settlement(s) | As-Suwayda,Shahba,Salkhad |
| Parent range | Hauran |
| Biome | Eastern Mediterranean conifer–sclerophyllous–broadleaf forests |
| Geology | |
| Formed by | Volcanism |
| Rock age | Pleistocene toHolocene |
| Mountain type | Volcanic field |
| Rock type | Basalt |
| Volcanic zone | Harrat al-Sham |
| Last eruption | Holocene |
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Jabal al-Druze (Arabic:جبل الدروز,romanized: Jabal ad-Durūz,lit. 'Mountain of the Druze'), also known asJabal al-Arab orJabal Hauran,[1] is an elevated volcanic region inHauran in theSuwayda Governorate of southernSyria.[2] Most of the inhabitants of this region areDruze, and there are also significantChristian communities.[3][4]Safaitic inscriptions were first found in this area. TheJabal Druze State was an autonomous area in theFrench Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon from 1921 to 1936, which had 42 of the Haurans ~180 towns.[5][6][7] In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located inMount Lebanon.[citation needed]
In Syria, most Druze reside inSuwayda Governorate, which encompasses almost all of Jabal al-Druze. This governorate is unique in Syria as it has aDruze majority. Additionally, it has integratedChristian communities that have longcoexisted harmoniously with the Druze in these mountains.[8]
In the 1980s Druze made up 87.6% of the population, Christians (mostlyGreek Orthodox) 11% and Sunni Muslims 2%.[9] In 2010, the As-Suwayda governorate has a population of about 375,000 inhabitants, Druze made up 90%,Christians 17% and Sunni Muslims 3%.[3] Due to low birth and highemigration rates, Christians proportion in As-Suwayda had declined.[3]
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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 Drouz).[10] The alkaline volcanic field consists of a group of 118 basaltic volcanoes active from thelower-Pleistocene to theHolocene (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 alkalineHarrat al-Sham (also known as Harrat al-Shaam) volcanic field that extends from southern Syria to Saudi Arabia.[11]
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InArabic, the word "tell" means "mound" or "hill", but in Jabal al-Druze it rather refers to avolcanic cone.
...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.
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