Al-Naimah (), also al-Naima, al-Naimeh or Elnaymah, is a village in southern

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, administratively part of the

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, located east of

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. Nearby localities include

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to the northwest and Saida to the east.

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the ''

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'' of Butayna, Qada of Hauran, under the name of ''Nu'ayma''. It had a population of 35 households and 12 bachelors, all

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s. 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 15,600

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.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214 By the beginning of the 19th century, the village had been abandoned, and in 1838

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noted that the place was located west of the

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road, and that it was in ruins.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
161
/ref> In the 1850s, the village was reestablished by the townspeople of

during a resurgence in grain cultivation to meet growing demand in the

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and European markets.Wetzstein, 1860, pp
85138
cited in Lewis, 2000, p
39
/ref> According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Naimah had a population of 7,472 in the 2004 census.

References

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External links

Map of town
Google Maps
Deraa-map, 22L
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naimah Populated places in Daraa District