الفصل الثاني في ربوع الجنوب السوري ٢_a .. كتاب في ربوع سورية

Al-Kabirah, Al-Ash’ari, Al-Ghazouli Al-Ajami, Umm Al-Danair, Al-Houtah Al-Saghra, Bandak, Al-Sariya..etc. In As-Suwayda governorate: Al-Ghaina spring, Ain Badr, Shaqara spring, Al-Ghajjan spring, Ura spring, Al-Kufr spring, and Al-Mazra’a spring.

And the southern region of Syria is one of the Syrian regions whose land man has known since the stone ages, passing through the third millennium BC (the first bronze age). And different peoples and peoples won on his land; The Amorites, Canaanites, Arameans, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Ghassanid Arabs, and then the Muslim Arabs lived there. Each period of its residence left traces indicated by it, the most prominent of which is what is still present to this day, which dates back to the Roman and Byzantine eras, to the first Islamic period and the Ayyubid period of the Islamic era. Among the most important historical sites that include archaeological sites that are clearly visible, we mention: Daraa, Bosra, Izraa Al-Sanamayn, As-Suwayda Shahba, Salkhad, Qanawat, Shaqqa, Salim, Atil... and many more.

Other than that, the antiquities of the region are the most important thing that attracts tourists and visitors, especially Bosra and Shahba. That this mountainous and plain region that one includes patches of its mountains crowned with natural greenery represented by forests and forests of trees of the receding Mediterranean forest of the Maki type rich in oak trees, hawthorns, oaks and terebinths that are found around Hibran, Sahwah al-Khadr, al-Kafr, Tal Qalib, between As-Suwayda, Qanawat and Mufa’ala, and their area is all within limits 7354 hectares, while the plains are devoid of permanent natural greenery, but the artificial greenery has become covering large areas of the region represented in orchards of vine, olive and apple trees, which add joy and beauty to the wooded areas and around them and make the high areas covered with them - especially apple trees - places Beautiful summers as in many spots of the West End
Jabal Al-Arab, not only this, but the vineyards and olive groves have become what distinguishes the Hauran Plain.

This territory. Although the areas suitable for summer are concentrated only in the high parts of Jabal al-Arab, heading west, which are covered with greenery, and the climate is moderate, providing people with comfort and clean air, the water problem constitutes an obstacle to the development of summer tourism in the high part of the mountain.

Archaeological tourism in southern Syria is more important than summer tourism, because it contains huge immortal monuments, whether in Bosra al-Sham or in Shahba al-Jabal, or elsewhere. The state has tried hard to support tourism, in both its historical and natural parts, by extending a network of important roads that lead people to the place they want - bearing in mind that the road alone is not sufficient because it must be the means that ride it and move on it or through hotels, restaurants and parks, some of which belong to the state, and others the other to the private sector, but in general they are few and do not meet the needs of the constantly evolving region. The southern hotels are represented by two second-class hotels in As-Suwayda (the tourist hotel and the shooting hotel), and five hotels in Daraa governorate, one of which is of excellent class in Busra al-Sham, and the other four in the city of Daraa (three of the third class and one of the second class).

There are few parks. In As-Suwayda governorate, there is one park, which is Kom al-Hoss Park, while in Daraa Governorate there are four important parks (Busri al-Sham Park, Daraa Dam Park, Muzayrib Park, and Zayzoun Park).

As for the restaurants, despite their relative abundance, most of them are popular restaurants.
Al-Ashari and on the banks of the Yarmouk, and in Bosra Al-Sham, next to the Al-Hamra Palace Tourist Restaurant in Daraa, as well as the Ishbilia Restaurant...etc.

The population of southern Syria is predominantly rural in appearance, even the cities in Daraa (63,000 people), Nawa (25,000 people), As-Suwayda (60,000 people), Shahba (15,000 people) and Salkhad (7,000 people) have a rural character in their customs. And its traditions and economy, the percentage of urbanization generally does not exceed 25%. What distinguishes southern Syria is the external population migration that headed towards the Arab Gulf countries and South American countries, and the immigrants worked. Especially that temporary migration that started largely from the Hauran Plain during the past thirty years - to contribute to the development of the region economically and socially, this seemed clear in the urban renaissance and agricultural development. -

With the exception of the eastern half of the lands of As-Suwayda Governorate, which is almost devoid of human settlements due to its natural conditions that impede that, the rest of the land of the Hauran Plain and its mountains is planted with hundreds of human settlements, so that it is rare to pass more than 105 km on average without passing through one of the villages, especially as we walk the region Its parts communicated with each other through a network of first- and second-class asphalt roads, along with the railway going from Damascus to Daraa to Amman, branching from it to Busra al-Sham, and another branch to Muzayrib.

Agriculture was and still is the mainstay of the economy in southern Syria. It is dominated by various crops, the mainstay of which are grains (wheat and barley), followed by legumes (chickpeas and lentils), in addition to the various vegetables that are widely cultivated in the southwestern part of Daraa Governorate. In addition to the above, there are millions of fruit trees, of which grapes are the main source, in the governorates of Daraa and As-Suwayda.
It is followed by olives in a distinctive way in Daraa governorate, and apples in a large way in Sweida governorate.

In addition to some of the mechanized industries that exist in the region, as in: the conservatory industry in Muzeireeb, a public sector, shoes, carpets, grape distillation, and the sweat factory (Al-Rayyan in As-Suwayda), the traditional handicrafts are distinctive, as in the manufacture of rugs, wool knitting, mat making, straw dishes, leather tanning, and foodstuff manufacturing Of milk and its derivatives As a result of the fame of As-Suwayda governorate for its grapes and apples, an annual exhibition of grapes and apples is held in the month of September of each year in As-Suwayda.