title: Al-Karak, Syria
text: # Al-Karak, Syria
  
  Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك) is a Syrian village in Daraa District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Karak had a population of 10,510 in the 2004 census.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1596, Al-Karak appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Karak al-Bataniyya'; part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 45 households and 71 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (10800 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (4200), goats and beehives (1700), in addition to "occasional revenues"(1500); a total of 20,000 akçe. 5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.
  
  In 1838, it was noted as "Greek" Christian village, situated "In the Nukrah, South of Eshmiskin".
  
  