Amrah () is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Amrah had a population of 1,691 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.
History A Greek-language inscription from Amrah commemorates the construction of a propylon (monumental gateway) and a column "for the ancestral god" (), completed in 165 AD.Mazzilli, 2018, p. 164
In 1596, Amrah appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of 'Amra, located in the nahiya of Bani Miglad in the Qada Hawran. It was noted as Hali (empty), but taxes were paid for use of the land, a lump sum of 2,700 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 217
In 1838 'Amra was noted by Eli Smith as being located in Jabal Hauran, and inhabited by Druze people.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 157
See also Druze in Syria
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