Al-Hirak, Syria
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Al-Hirak الحراك |
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| Town | |
 Al-Hirak
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| Coordinates: 32°45′4″N 36°18′19″E / 32.75111°N 36.30528°E | |
| Grid position | 273/239; 271/239 PAL |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izra' |
| Subdistrict | Hirak |
| Elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 27,557 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Al-Hirak (Arabic: الحراك, Turkish: El Hirak, also spelled al-Hrak or Herak) is a small city in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Izra' District of the Daraa Governorate. It is situated about 40 kilometers northeast of Daraa, and is surrounded by the towns of Maliha al-Gharbiyah to the east and Izra' to the northeast. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Hirak had a population of 20,760. Its inhabitants are predominantly Muslims.
In 1596 Al-Hirak appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Harak as Sarqi, being in the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Qada of Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 61 households and 31 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 16,000 akçe. Just to the west was al Harak al-Garbi; with a population of 17 households and 3 bachelors, also all Muslim. They also had a 40% tax-rate on agricultural products, and produced the same products. Their total tax was 3,600 akçe, and part of the income went to a waqf.
In 1838, it was noted as a place south of Al-Shaykh Maskin, and with a Muslim population. The nearby Harak al-Garbi, which was later called Deir es Sult, was noted as deserted.
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