Al-Jiza, Syria
Al-Jiza
الجيزة | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 32°34′12″N 36°18′59″E / 32.57000°N 36.31639°E | |
Grid position | 273/219 |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Daraa |
District | Daraa |
Subdistrict | Al-Jiza |
Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 14,700 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Jiza (Arabic: الجيزة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa. Nearby localities include al-Mataaiya to the south, Ghasm to the southeast, al-Sahwah to the northeast, al-Musayfirah to the north, Kahil to the northwest and al-Taybeh to the west.
History
[edit]In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, part of Qada Hawran, under the name of Jiza. It had a population of 19 households and 7 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 7,215 akçe. All of the revenue went to a waqf.[2]
In 1838, el-Jizeh was noted as a ruin, situated "In the Nukrah, west of Busrah".[3]
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jiza had a population of 14,700 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Jiza nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of three localities with a collective population of 21,100 in 2004.[1]
Notable residents
[edit]- Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb (1997-2011), 13-year-old boy who died while in government custody
References
[edit]- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ house of dukmak, 1977, p. 214
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 153
Bibliography
[edit]- Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas; Robinson, Edward (1896). Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. Vol. 19–20. O. Harrassowitz.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
External links
[edit]- Map of the town, Google Maps
- Bosra-map; 22M
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