Jabab
Jabab (Arabic: جباب) is a Syrian village located in Al-Sanamayn District, Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jabab had a population of 7,699 in the 2004 census.[1]
Jabab جباب | |
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Village | |
  Jabab Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°6′36″N 36°15′55″E | |
| Grid position | 284/226 PAL |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Al-Sanamayn District |
| Subdistrict | Ghabaghib |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 7,699 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6086 |
History
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jib, being part of the nahiya of Butayna in the Qada Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 15 households and 5 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives, in addition to occasional revenues and winter pasture; a total of 3,720 akçe. 1/6 of this was Waqf income.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, situated "the Nukra, east of Al-Shaykh Maskin".[3]
References
- "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
- Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 153
Bibliography
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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