Hauran region

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geographical region historical region plateau

The Hauran region is a fertile volcanic plateau in southwestern Syria and parts of northern Jordan, historically significant for its ancient cities, agriculture, and role as a crossroads of Near Eastern civilizations.

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Label Occurrences
Hauran region canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
ancientName Auranitis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hawran NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance dense concentration of Roman-era towns ⓘ
borderedBy Damascus region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate semi-arid Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains As-Suwayda Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bosra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Daraa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shahba NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Daraa Governorate ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
extendsInto Irbid Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mafraq Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Hauran plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jabal al-Druze NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lajat NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
historicalRole crossroads of Near Eastern civilizations ⓘ
knownFor Roman and Byzantine ruins ⓘ
ancient cities ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
vineyards ⓘ
well-preserved basalt architecture ⓘ
languageOrigin Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Jordan ⓘ
southwestern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
partOf Syrian Desert margin ⓘ
religiousDemography Druze communities in Jabal al-Druze ⓘ
Sunni Muslim majority in many areas ⓘ
soilType basaltic soil ⓘ
strategicImportance link between inland Syria and Jordan ⓘ
trade routes between Damascus and Arabia ⓘ
terrainFeature volcanic plateau ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Bosra (as later center under Rome) → locatedIn → Hauran region ⓘ
subject surface form: Bosra
State of Damascus → contains → Hauran region ⓘ
al-Qurayya → partOfHistoricalRegion → Hauran region ⓘ