Muthabin | |
Official Name: | Mothabeen |
Native Name: | موثبين |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Syria |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Daraa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Al-Sanamayn District |
Subdivision Type3: | Nahiyah |
Subdivision Name3: | Ghabaghib |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 2,351 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.1433°N 36.2464°W |
Muthabin (ar|موثبين; transliteration: Mūʿtabīn, also spelled Mothabeen) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northeast of Daraa in the al-Sanamayn District. Nearby localities include Ghabaghib to the north, al-Masmiyah to the east, Jabab to the southeast, Bassir to the south, al-Sanamayn to the southwest and Deir al-Bukht to the west.[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muthabin had a population of 2,351 in the 2004 census.[2]
Muthabin dates back to antiquity, having been mentioned in pre-Islamic Syriac texts.[3]
In 1838, Mutabin was noted as a ruin, situated "the Nukra, north of Al-Shaykh Maskin".[4]