Adwan ( ar, عدوان; also spelled Adawan or Edwan) is a village in southern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, administratively part of the Izra District of the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include

al-Shaykh Saad Al-Shaykh Saad ( ar, الشيخ سعد ''ash-Shaykh Saʿad''; also Romanized ''Sheikh Saad''), historically also called Karnaim and Dair Ayyub ("Monastery of Job"), is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, locat ...

to the east, Saham al-Jawlan to the southwest and Tasil to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Adwan had a population of 2,487 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate.

History

In 1596, Adwan appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as "'Udwan" and was part of the '' nahiya'' of Jawlan Sarqi in the

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. It had an entirely

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population consisting of 21 households and 15 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; a total of 700

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. In the late 19th-century, Adwan was a medium-sized village in territory formerly occupied by the

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Adwan tribe. Its buildings, which included around 40 huts and a few ancient ruins, were mostly built of stone and

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. The village had a population of about 140.

Syrian Civil War

On 9 August 2022, an Iraqi commander of the Islamic State by the name of 'Abo Salim Al-Iraqi' blew himself up after he was besieged by Syrian military forces in the village.

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External links

Map of the town
Google Maps
Kafer el Ma-map, 21K
{{Daraa Governorate, izra Populated places in Izra' District