Official Name: | Al-Taybah |
Native Name: | الطيبة |
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: | Daraa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 7,969 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 32.5633°N 36.2439°W |
Al-Taybah (ar|الطيبة, also transliterated al-Tayyibah or al-Ta'iba), historically called Tayyibat al-Ism, is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located west of Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Taybah had a population of 7,969 in the 2004 census.[1] It is predominantly inhabited by members of the Zu'bi clan, which has a substantial presence in Daraa and several other villages in the governorate.[2]
In 1884 Gottlieb Schumacher noted that Tayyibat al-Ism consisted of scattered piles of ruins of unhewn and weathered stones, possibly caused by an earthquake. To the west of the site, along the Wadi al-Lubweh stream, were the remains of a mill.