Zimrin

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Zimrin
زمرين
Village
Zimrin is located in Syria
Zimrin
Zimrin
Coordinates: 33°3′41″N 36°4′34″E / 33.06139°N 36.07611°E / 33.06139; 36.07611
Grid position250/274 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictAl-Sanamayn
SubdistrictAl-Sanamayn
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total2,048
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Zimrin (Arabic: زمرين; transliteration: Zimrīn, also spelled Zamrin) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include and al-Sanamayn to the east, and Inkhil to the southeast, Jasim to the south, to the southwest, al-Harra to the west, Aqraba to the northwest and Kafr Shams to the northeast. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Zimrin had a population of 2,048.[1]

History[]

Ottoman era[]

In 1596 Zimrin appeared in the Ottoman tax registers, situated in the nahiya of Jaydur, part of . It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 16 households and 15 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 2,750 akçe.[2]

In 1897, the German archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher noted that Zimrin had a population of 300 people living in 60 homes and that the village contained ruins.[3] In the preceding years, some of Zimrin's peasants joined others from Jasim to resettle the village of al-Harra at the foot of the nearby Tell al-Hara hill.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 208
  3. ^ Schumacher 1897, p. 194.
  4. ^ Schumacher 1897, p. 190.

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.
  • Schumacher, G. (1897). "Notes from Jedur". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 29: 190–195.

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