Umm Haratayn (, also spelled Umm Hartein) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located north of Suwayda. Nearby localities include al-Hirak, Khirbet Ghazaleh and Da'el to the west and Umm Walad and Bosra to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm Haratayn had a population of 574 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.
History Modern-day Umm Haratayn was established by Druze migrants led by the Halabi family between 1867 and 1883.Firro, 1992, p. 175 The village is the birthplace of Arab singer Samira Tewfik.
See also Druze in Syria
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External links Map of town, Google Maps