Al-Rawdah or al-Batrounah (Arabic: الروضة أو البطرونة) is a

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

n village in the

Al-Zabadani District al-Zabadani District () is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central a ...

of the

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate (, Literal translation, lit. "Damascus Countryside Governorate" or "Damascus Suburb") is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the country. ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Rawdah had a population of 4,536 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.

History

In 1838,

Eli Smith Eli Smith (September 13, 1801 – January 11, 1857) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. Biography Smith was born in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (née Whitney) Smith. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from A ...

noted that Al-Batrounah population was

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...

.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
147
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References

Populated places in Al-Zabadani District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub