Kawkab, Rif Dimashq

{{Other places|Kawkab (disambiguation){{!}}Kawkab}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Kawkab |other_name = |native_name = كوكب  |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Syria  |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =250 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Syria  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Rif Dimashq Governorate |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Qatana District |subdivision_type3 = Nahiyah |subdivision_name3 = Qatana |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Metric  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2004 census |population_footnotes = <ref name="CBS"/> |population_note = |population_total = 1188 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|33|22|51|N|36|10|55|E|display=inline,title|region:SY_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Kawkab''' ({{langx|ar|كوكب}}) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Kawkab is Arabic for "star".<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|author-link=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|page=162|url=https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/162/mode/1up |title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}}</ref> According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kawkab had a population of 1,188 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191209020400/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-31-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

==History== In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village, located in Wady 'el-Ajam, between Damascus and the Hauran.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/148/mode/1up 148]</ref>

On 30 September, 1918 Kawkab was the site of the World War I successful "Charge at Kaukab" of the Australian 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments directed against dug-in German and Ottoman remnants of the Seventh and Eighth Armies, joined by units from Damascus.

==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}} {{refend}}

Category:Populated places in Qatana District