Al-Jiza

Al-Jiza الجيزة
Village
Al-Jiza
Coordinates: 32°34′12″N 36°18′59″E / 32.57000°N 36.31639°E / 32.57000; 36.31639
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	Daraa
Subdistrict	Al-Jiza
Population (2004)[1]
• Total	14,700
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Al-Jiza (Arabic: الجيزة‎‎, also spelled el-Jeza) 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.

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of 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.^[2]

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]

Notable Residents

• Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb (1997-2011)

References

Bibliography

External links

• Map of the town, Google Maps
• Bosra-map; 22M

Daraa Governorate
Capital: Daraa
Al-Sanamayn District Sanamayn Subdistrict Al-Sanamayn Bassir Burqa Eib al-Harra Inkhil Judayyah Tubna Zamrin Kafr Shams Khabab al-Qaniyah Qayta Samlin Zimrin Ghabaghib Subdistrict Ghabaghib Alqin Aqraba Deir al-Adas Deir al-Bukht Jabab Kafr Nasij Kammunah Mankat al-Hatab Manshiyat al-Sabil al-Mal Muthabin al-Qaziyah al-Tiha Masmiyah Subdistrict al-Masmiyah Bali Burraq Buwaydan Shaarah
Izra District Izra Subdistrict Izra Asim Busra al-Harir Buwayr Jaddal Mahajjah Maliha al-Atash al-Matallah Miskiyah al-Mujaydil Najih Qiratah, Daraa Shaqra Sur Hirak Subdistrict al-Hirak al-Maliha al-Gharbiya al-Maliha al-Sharqiyah Nahita Rakham al-Surah Jasim Subdistrict Jasim Nimer Nawa Subdistrict Nawa Adwan al-Jubayliyah al-Nasiriyah al-Shaykh Saad al-Sukkariyah Shaykh Maskin Subdistrict al-Shaykh Maskin al-Dali al-Faqia Namer Qarfa al-Suhayliyah Tasil Subdistrict Tasil al-Bakkar al-Bakkar Sharqi
Daraa District Daraa Subdistrict Daraa Ataman Kahil al-Naimah Nasib Saida al-Taybeh Umm al-Mayazen Bosra Subdistrict Bosra Jamrin Maaraba Samad Samaqiyat Da'el Subdistrict Da'el Abtaa Jiza Subdistrict al-Jiza Ghasm al-Matayiah Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict Khirbet Ghazaleh Alma al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah al-Ghariyah al-Sharqiyah Musayfira Subdistrict al-Musayfirah al-Karak al-Sahwah Umm Walad Muzayrib Subdistrict Muzayrib Ajami Jalin Nasij Tafas Tell Shihab al-Yadudah Zayzun Shajara Subdistrict al-Shajara Abidin Ayn Zakar Bayt Ara Heet Jamla Kuwayah Maariyah Nafia Saham al-Jawlan Shabraq

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