Lahithah (Arabic: لاهثة) is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Lahithah had a population of 2,225 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
Lahithah
لاهثة Lahetha | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Lahithah | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′35″N 36°35′00″E / 32.99306°N 36.58333°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Sawra as-Saghira |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 2,225 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editIn 1838, it was noted as a ruin, el-Metuny, situated "in the Luhf, east of the Lejah, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".[3]
During the Bedouin–Druze clashes in 2025, Lahithah remained under the Syrian transitional government and its Bedouin allies.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
- ↑ "شهادة مؤلمة من ريف السويداء.. عائلة تختفي ثم يُعثر عليها جثثاً مشوهة في قرية لاهثة" (in Arabic). syriahr.com. 29 September 2025.