Al-Jiza, Syria

Al-Jiza
الجيزة
Town
Al-Jiza is located in Syria
Al-Jiza
Al-Jiza
Coordinates: 32°34′12″N 36°18′59″E / 32.57000°N 36.31639°E / 32.57000; 36.31639
Grid position273/219
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictAl-Jiza
Control Syrian Opposition[1]
Population
 (2004)[2]
 • Total
14,700
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Jiza (Arabic: الجيزة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa. Nearby localities include al-Mataaiya to the south, Ghasm to the southeast, al-Sahwah to the northeast, al-Musayfirah to the north, Kahil to the northwest and al-Taybeh to the west.

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, part of Qada Hawran, under the name of Jiza. It had a population of 19 households and 7 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 7,215 akçe. All of the revenue went to a waqf.[3]

In 1838, el-Jizeh was noted as a ruin, situated "In the Nukrah, west of Busrah".[4]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jiza had a population of 14,700 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Jiza nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of three localities with a collective population of 21,100 in 2004.[2]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "مسلحون يهاجمون مواقع للنظام في درعا جنوبي سوريا" (in Arabic). Alhurra. 6 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  3. ^ house of dukmak, 1977, p. 214
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 153

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