Jabah
Jabah
جبا | |
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Town | |
  Jabah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°9′42″N 35°55′32″E / 33.16167°N 35.92556°ECoordinates: 33°9′42″N 35°55′32″E / 33.16167°N 35.92556°E | |
| Grid position | 236/287 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Quneitra |
| District | Quneitra District |
| Subdistrict | Khan Arnabah |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 5,281 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6277 |
Jabah (Arabic: جبا) is a Syrian village located in Quneitra District, Quneitra. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jabah had a population of 5,281 in the 2004 census.[1]
History[]
In 1596 Jabah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jaba, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jaydur in the . It had an entirely Muslim population of 30 households and 23 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. Their total tax was 8,500 akçe, with all of it going to a waqf (religious trust).[2]
References[]
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 208
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.
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