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Al-Jiza
الجيزة
Village
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictAl-Jiza
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
14,700
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Jiza (Template:Lang-ar, also spelled el-Jeza) 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

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of 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.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. Template:Ar icon
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214

Bibliography

  • 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, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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