Maghar al-Mir

Maghar al-Mir

مغرالمير
Maghar al-Mir مغرالمير
Village
	Maghar al-Mir Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 33°18′29″N 35°58′7″E / 33.30806°N 35.96861°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	Qatana
Subdistrict	Beit Jinn
Population (2004 census)
• Total	588
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Maghar al-Mir (Arabic: مغرالمير; also known as al-Mughr or Mughr al Mir) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maghar al-Mir had a population of 588 at the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.^[2] It was founded in the 1930s by settlers from the villages of Ayn al-Burj and Hinah.^[3] Maghar al-Mir had an Olympian come out of their country namely Zid Abou Hamed, the Australian-Syrian hurdler.

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^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ "Mount Hermon battles highlight divide among Druze communities". Al-Akhbar. 2014-11-11. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
^ "العمامة - القرى الدرزية بجانب جبل الشيخ".

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[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] "Mount Hermon battles highlight divide among Druze communities". Al-Akhbar. 2014-11-11. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-09-01.

[3] "العمامة - القرى الدرزية بجانب جبل الشيخ".

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