Imtan
Sign in to saveImtan () is a village in Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. Imtan is located 37 km south-east of the city of Suwayda, 1189 meters above sea level in the southern part of Jabal al-Druze. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Imtan had a population of 2,495 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Christian minority.
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It sits within the topics Archaeological sites in Suwayda Governorate, Christian communities in Syria and Druze communities in Syria.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Imtan
- Settlement.native_name
- امتان
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Syria
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- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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- Location in Syria
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- Country
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- Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Suwayda
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Salkhad
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- Subdistrict
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- Salkhad
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Salkhad Subdistrict
- Elevation
- 1189
- Image
- Imtan pano.jpg
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- Imtan
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- Hauran
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Encyclopedic overview
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Imtan () is a village in Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. Imtan is located 37 km south-east of the city of Suwayda, 1189 meters above sea level in the southern part of Jabal al-Druze. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Imtan had a population of 2,495 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Christian minority.
==History== It is believed that the village has been inhabited since 6000 BCE, although there is little evidence supporting this. Imtan has many archeological sites spanning many eras. The village played a major role in the Great Syrian Revolution against France in 1925.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Imtan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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