Hauran

E571616

historical region

Hauran is a historical region in southwestern Syria and northwestern Jordan, known for its fertile volcanic plains and ancient settlements.

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Label	Occurrences
Hauran canonical	11

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Damascus region NERFINISHED ⓘ Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordanian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
country	Jordan ⓘ Syria ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic	high plateau ⓘ
hasAgriculturalProduct	barley ⓘ lentils ⓘ wheat ⓘ
hasAncientCity	Bosra NERFINISHED ⓘ Shahba NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Bosra Roman theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Druze NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature	volcanic plateau ⓘ
hasSoilType	fertile volcanic plains ⓘ
hasSubregion	Hauran plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabal al-Druze NERFINISHED ⓘ Lajat NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement	rural villages ⓘ small towns ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Byzantine era NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman era NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman era ⓘ
knownFor	ancient settlements ⓘ fertile agricultural land ⓘ well-preserved Roman and Byzantine architecture ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken	Arabic ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
majorCity	Bosra NERFINISHED ⓘ Daraa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionCurrentlyPresent	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPresent	Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ paganism ⓘ
strategicImportance	grain supply region for Damascus ⓘ
terrain	basaltic lava fields ⓘ open plains ⓘ
usedFor	grain cultivation ⓘ livestock grazing ⓘ
wasProvinceIn	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yarmouk River → region → Hauran ⓘ

Al-Nawawi → birthRegion → Hauran ⓘ

Bilad al-Sham@ar → containsRegion → Hauran ⓘ

subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham

southern Syria → historicalRegionOverlap → Hauran ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Syria

Great Syrian Revolt → location → Hauran ⓘ

Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 → location → Hauran ⓘ

Jabal Druze State → historicalRegion → Hauran ⓘ

Jabal al-Druze → bordersRegion → Hauran ⓘ

Zuqan al-Atrash → placeOfActivity → Hauran ⓘ

Gottlieb Schumacher → workLocation → Hauran ⓘ

Bashan → borderedBy → Hauran ⓘ