Al-Jiza, Syria Explained

Official Name:Al-Jiza
Native Name:الجيزة
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Daraa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Daraa
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Al-Jiza
Settlement Type:Town
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:14,700
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:32.57°N 36.3164°W
Grid Position:273/219

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.[1]

In 1838, el-Jizeh was noted as a ruin, situated "In the Nukrah, west of Busrah".[2]

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.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. house of dukmak, 1977, p. 214
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 153
  3. http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB12-7-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004