Al-Jiza ( ar, الجيزة) is a town in southern
Syria, administratively part of the
Daraa Governorate
Daraa Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة درعا / ALA-LC: ') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the south-west of the country and covers an area of 3,730 km2. It is bordered by Jordan to the south, Qu ...
, 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
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...
'' 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
A waqf ( ar, وَقْف; ), also known as hubous () or '' mortmain'' property is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law. It typically involves donating a building, plot of land or other assets for Muslim religious or charitab ...
.
[house of dukmak, 1977, p. 214]
In 1838, ''el-Jizeh'' was noted as a ruin, situated "In the Nukrah, west of
Busrah".
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
153
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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
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...
'' ("subdistrict") which consisted of three localities with a collective population of 21,100 in 2004.[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate.
Notable residents
* Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb (1997-2011)
References
Bibliography
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External links
Map of the town
Google Maps
Bosra-map; 22M
Populated places in Daraa District
Towns in Syria
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