Waqm

Waqm () is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Waqm had a population of 429 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority. History In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, Wukm, situated "in the Lejah, east of Dama".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 156

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