Kuwaro ( ar, كوارو) is a
Syrian village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
located in
Armanaz Nahiyah in
Harem District
Harem District ( ar-at, منطقة حارم, manṭiqat Ḥārim) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Harem
Harem ( Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِي ...
,
Idlib. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kuwaro had a population of 831 in the 2004 census.
Archaeology
A cemetery dating back to the
Roman period, featuring
hypogea
A hypogeum or hypogaeum (plural hypogea or hypogaea, pronounced ; literally meaning "underground", from Greek language, Greek ''hypo'' (under) and ''ghê'' (earth)) is an underground temple or tomb.
Hypogea will often contain niche (archite ...
with adorned entrances, sprawled in ancient times across a 200-meter area on the slopes of Jebel Doueili, situated to the west and northwest of the village. Photographic evidence suggests the presence of hypogea excavated at various levels on the cliff face. Four of these hypogea bore inscriptions, with three dating back to the period between 221 and 235 AD.
References
Populated places in Harem District
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