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Town in Daraa, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Jiza (Arabic: الجيزة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, 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.
Al-Jiza
الجيزة | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 32°34′12″N 36°18′59″E | |
Grid position | 273/219 |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Daraa |
District | Daraa |
Subdistrict | Al-Jiza |
Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 14,700 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya 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.[2]
In 1838, el-Jizeh was noted as a ruin, situated "In the Nukrah, west of Busrah".[3]
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 ("subdistrict") which consisted of three localities with a collective population of 21,100 in 2004.[1]
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