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Nahtah
ناحتة
Town
Nahtah is located in Syria
Nahtah
Nahtah
Coordinates: 32°47′20″N 36°20′56″E / 32.78889°N 36.34889°E / 32.78889; 36.34889
PAL276/244
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictIzraa
SubdistrictHirak
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
7,789
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nahtah (Arabic: ناحتة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nahtah had a population of 7,789 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

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In 1596 Nahtah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Nahta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 33 households and 19 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (7500 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (1200 a.), goats and beehives (300 a,), in addition to "occasional revenues" (200 a.); a total of 11,000 akçe.[2]

In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.[3]

Religious buildings

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  • Omar Al-Farooq Mosque
  • Ammar ibn Yasir Mosque
  • Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Mosque
  • Old Mosque (abandoned)

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 213.
  3. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 152

Bibliography

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  • 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.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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