Jabab
Jabab
جباب | |
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Village | |
  Jabab Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°6′36″N 36°15′55″E / 33.11000°N 36.26528°ECoordinates: 33°6′36″N 36°15′55″E / 33.11000°N 36.26528°E | |
| Grid position | 284/226 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Al-Sanamayn District |
| Subdistrict | Ghabaghib |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 7,699 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6086 |
Jabab (Arabic: جباب) is a Syrian village located in Al-Sanamayn District, Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jabab had a population of 7,699 in the 2004 census.[1]
History[]
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jib, being part of the nahiya of Butayna in the . It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 15 households and 5 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 and winter pasture; a total of 3,720 akçe. 1/6 of this was Waqf income.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, situated "the Nukra, east of Al-Shaykh Maskin".[3]
References[]
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 153
Bibliography[]
- 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. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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Categories:
- Populated places in Al-Sanamayn District