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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
Town
Al-Jiza
Coordinates: 32°34′12″N 36°18′59″E
Grid position	273/219
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	Daraa
Subdistrict	Al-Jiza
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	14,700
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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]

Notable residents

• Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb (1997-2011)

References

Bibliography

External links

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

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