Al-Mataaiyah, also spelled al-Muta'iya or Mataeiyeh (Arabic: المتاعية), is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northeast of Daraa and west of Bosra. Nearby localities include Nasib to the east, al-Taybeh to the northwest, al-Jiza to the north, Ghasm to the northeast, Bosra to the east and the Jordanian village of Sama al-Sirhan to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mataaiyah had a population of 2,744 in the 2004 census.[1]

Al-Mataaiyah المتاعية
Village
Al-Mataaiyah
Coordinates: 32°29′46″N 36°17′34″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa Governorate
District	Daraa District
Nahiyah	Al-Jiza
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	2,734
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Al-Mataaiyah was a khirba (ruined village) by the 19th century during Ottoman rule. However, the second half of that century saw a resurgence in grain cultivation and security in the Hauran region, of which al-Mataaiyah was part.[2] In 1892, a certain entrepreneurial local chieftain, Sheikh Khuntush, purchased the then-abandoned village for 1,000 Turkish gold liras.[2] Afterward, he moved farmers into al-Mataaiyah and built cisterns inside the dry village to collect rainwater.[2] In 1895, there were about 150 inhabitants and Sheikh Khuntush resolved to bring in more peasants. By 1905, the population grew to 200.[2] During the 1890s, some people from al-Mataaiyah also reestablished the village of Sama, 7 kilometers to the southwest.[2]

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