Jirrin
جرين Jerein | |
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Village | |
  Jirrin | |
| Coordinates: 32°55′50″N 36°24′14″E / 32.93056°N 36.40389°E | |
| PAL | 281/260 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Ariqah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 507 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Jirrin (Arabic: جرين) is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jirrin had a population of 507 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
[edit]In 1596 Jirrin appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 6 households and 3 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (1500 a.), barley (900 a.), summer crops (800 a.), goats and/or beehives (100 a.); a total of 3,300 akçe.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 216.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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.
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