Kafr Nasij (, also spelled ''Kafar Nasej'') is a village in the

al-Sanamayn District Al-Sanamayn District () is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Daraa Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 167,993. Its administrative centre is the city of Al-Sanamayn Al-Sanamayn (, also spelled Sanamein, ...

of the

Daraa Governorate Daraa Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the south-west of the country and covers an area of 2594 km2. It is bordered by Jordan to the south, Quneitra G ...

in southern

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. Nearby localities include al-Tiha to the west,

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and al-Harra to the southwest, Zimrin to the south,

Kafr Shams Kafr Shams (, also spelled Kfar Shams or Kafr ash-Shams) is a small city in southern Syria administratively belonging to the Al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. It is northwest of al-Sanamayn, just east of the Golan Heights and situated ...

to the southeast,

Deir al-Adas Deir al-Adas ( ) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate. It is situated about 40 kilometers northwest of Daraa. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 3,723.Kanakir Kanaker () is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus. Nearby localities include Sa'sa' to the west, Beit Saber to the northwest, Khan al-Shih to the north, Zakiyah, al-Tayb ...

to the north. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Nasij had a population of 2,381.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate.

History

Seven ancient

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houses were documented in Kafr Nasij during a 1970s archaeological survey. Likely built as residences for wealthy individuals, these structures are believed to date back to the

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period, around the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, with some still standing and occupied at the time of the 1970s survey. A

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monastery of

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s was located in Kafr Nasij which was part of

Batanea Batanaea or Batanea was an area often mentioned between the first century BCE and the fourth century CE. It is often mixed with the biblical Bashan, the part of the Biblical Holy Land, northeast of the Jordan River, as its Latinized form. Bash ...

during the

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era (4th-7th centuries).

Ottoman era

In 1596 Kafr Nasij appeared in the Ottoman tax registers being in the ''

nahiya A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, 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 divisi ...

'' of Jaydur, part of

Hauran Sanjak The Hauran Sanjak (, ) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, spanning the southern areas of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Jordan. The city of Daraa was the sanjak's capital. The sanjak had a population of 182,805 in 1914. Subdist ...

. It had an entirely

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population consisting of 17 households and 7 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including

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, summer crops, goats, bee-hives and

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s; in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 17,800

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. In 1838, ''Kefr Nasij'' was noted as a village in the el-Jeidur district.

Modern era

During the ongoing Syrian Civil War which began in 2011, pro-government media reported that five opposition rebels were killed and 13 others arrested during a clash with Syrian security forces.Authorities storm terrorist hideouts in Daraa, arrest terrorists and kill others
''Cham Press''. 2012-06-28.

Climate

In Kafr Nasij, there is a Mediterranean climate. Rainfall is higher in winter than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Csa. The average annual temperature in Kafr Nasij is . About of precipitation falls annually.

References

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External links

Map of town
Google Maps
Sanameine-map, 19L
{{Daraa Governorate, sanamayn Populated places in Al-Sanamayn District