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Bosra
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Bosra (), historically Bostra () and officially called Busra al-Sham (), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region.
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Bosra, also known by its native label بصرى, is a city and archaeological site located in Syria. It is situated within the Daraa Governorate, specifically in the Busra Esh-Sham Subdistrict. The town has a population of 19,683 and stands at an elevation of 850 meters above sea level. Bosra is designated as a World Heritage Site.
The local dialing code for the area is 15. It operates in the UTC+02:00 time zone, which corresponds to the Asia/Damascus timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- بصرى
- Region
- محافظة درعا
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 1,000
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.name
- Bosra
- Settlement.official_name
- Busra al-Sham
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bosra square.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bosra Central Square
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria#Mediterranean east
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.grid_position
- 289/214
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Daraa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Daraa
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
The city had once had around 80,000 inhabitants.
As Syria is at war, Bosra has appeared on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger since 2013. Portions of the Ancient City of Bosra were destroyed during combat on 22 December 2015. There is fear of further deterioration due to severe damage to the western courtyard adjacent to Bosra’s 2nd century Roman theatre and to parts of the Ayyubid citadel which surrounds it.
See
Roman ruins north of the citadel.|thumb|240px Nabatean Arch.|240px|thumb
Heritage sites across Bosra have been damaged by the civil war.
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Damascus Ancient ruins in Palmyra were once a major attraction, but much has been destroyed by Da'esh in 2015. The site is a minefield and not safe for travel.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Islamic era
- Ottoman era
- Modern era
- Landmarks
- Climate
- Demographics
- Notable people
- References
- Sources
- External links
Bosra (), historically Bostra () and officially called Busra al-Sham (), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region.
Bosra is an ancient city mentioned in 14th century BC Egyptian sources. A key Nabatean city, it became the prosperous provincial capital of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea following the dissolution of the Nabatean kingdom. With the advent of Christianity Bostra flourished as a Metropolitan Archbishopric under the jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. It also became a Latin Catholic titular see and the episcopal see of a Melkite Catholic Archeparchy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bosra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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