Hauran mountains
Region located north of Gilead.
Inhabitants or natives
See Bozrah.
Description
Region located south of Damascus, at the northern borders of Gilead.
Notable facts
See Bozrah. There are about fifteen references to these mountains, for example when Jesus and his people are heading towards Bozrah: "These are the mountains of Auran. We stay in the plain, beyond these mountains. By evening, we will be in Bozrah of the Auranite, a beautiful and good city"[1]
Its name
Auran means "the black land" - Other spellings Havrân - Havran – Hauran.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 291 EMV 292 EMV 293
EMV 328 EMV 339 EMV 356 EMV 358
Learn more about this place
Mountain range in Syria, bounded by Mount Hermon to the north and Jordan to the south. Bosra was indeed the main city of the region.
During the Greco-Roman period, this term referred to a smaller district; it was then called the Auranitis. Around 23 BC, the Auranitis, the Gaulanitis, the Trachonitis, and the Batanea were granted to Herod the Great by Augustus. Upon the division of Herod’s kingdom, these territories formed the greater part of the tetrarchy of Philip. It is a plain whose only breaks are some volcanic hills. The soil is so fertile that the Hauran constitutes the granary of the whole country.
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32° 32’ N / 36° 07’ E / +650 to +720m.