Lubayn
Lubayn
لبين Lubbein | |
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Village | |
  Lubayn Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°55′9″N 36°23′43″E / 32.91917°N 36.39528°ECoordinates: 32°55′9″N 36°23′43″E / 32.91917°N 36.39528°E | |
| Grid position | 280/258 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | as-Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Ariqah |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,730 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Lubayn (Arabic: لبين; also spelled Lubbein) is a village in the al-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated in the southern part of the Lejah plateau, northwest of the city of al-Suwayda. Lubayn had a population of 1,730 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Druze.
History[]
There are Byzantine-era (4th-6th centuries CE) ruins in Lubayn.[2]
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Libbin and was part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah in the . It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 20 households and 7 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; the taxes totalled 3,200 akçe.[3]
The modern-day village was established by Druze from the Murshid family sometime between 1867 and 1883.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004[permanent dead link]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Pleket, H. W.; Stroud, R. S.; Strubbe, H. M., eds. (1991). Supplementum epigraphicum Graecum, Volume 41. Gieben. p. 529. ISBN 9789050633567.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 215
- ^ Firro, 1992, p. 175
Bibliography[]
- Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes. 1. BRILL. ISBN 9004094377.
- 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.
External links[]
- Map of the town, Google Maps
- Ezra-map, 20M
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- 19th-century establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- Archaeological sites in as-Suwayda Governorate
- Druze communities in Syria
- Populated places in Shahba District