Zimrin
Zimrin
زمرين | |
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Village | |
Zimrin | |
Coordinates: 33°3′41″N 36°4′34″E / 33.06139°N 36.07611°E | |
Grid position | 250/274 PAL |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Daraa |
District | Al-Sanamayn |
Subdistrict | Al-Sanamayn |
Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 2,048 |
Time zone | UTC+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[]
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 208
- ^ Schumacher 1897, p. 194.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Populated places in Al-Sanamayn District
- Villages in Syria