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Hauran
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29 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Geographic definition
- Topography
- Climate
- History
- Hellenistic period
- Roman era
- Herodian period
- Post-annexation
- Byzantine era
- Ghassanid period
- Early Islamic era
- Middle Islamic era
- Ottoman era
- Grain cultivation and Hajj caravan transit
- Increased Bedouin pressures and Druze influx
- Regional revival and centralization
- French Mandatory period
- Post-Syrian independence period
- Syrian Civil War
- Demography
- Religion
- Clan structure and geographic distribution
- Architecture
- Archaeology
- Surveys
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
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The Hauran (; also spelled Hawran or Houran) is a region that spans parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan. It is bound in the north by the Ghouta oasis, to the northeast by the al-Safa field, to the east and south by the Harrat al-Sham and to the west by the Golan Heights. Traditionally, the Hauran consists of three subregions: the Nuqrah and Jaydur plains, the Jabal al-Druze massif, and the Lajat volcanic field. The population of the Hauran is largely Arab, but religiously heterogeneous; most inhabitants of the plains are Sunni Muslims belonging to large agrarian clans, while Druze form the majority in the eponymous Jabal al-Druze and a significant Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic minority inhabit the western foothills of Jabal al-Druze. The region's largest towns are Daraa, Ramtha, and Suwayda.