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Hout (Arabic: حوط, also spelled Hut) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located south of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include Umm al-Rumman to the south, Samad to the southwest, Bosra to the west, Nimrah and al-Qurayya to the north and Salkhad to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hout had a population of 873 in the 2004 census.[1]

Hout
حوط
Village
Hout
Coordinates: 32°29′23″N 36°36′31″E
Grid position301/211
Country Syria
Governorateas-Suwayda
DistrictSalkhad
Subdistrictal-Qurayya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
  Total873
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History


In 1596 Hout appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Huta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 5 households and 2 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a for a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,180 akçe.[2]

In 1838 Hut was noted as a "ruin or deserted", located in the Nukrah, south of Busrah.[3]


References


  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 211
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, pp. 112, 154

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