Jinan الجنان | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Jinan Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°4′58″N36°50′27″E / 35.08278°N 36.84083°E /35.08278; 36.84083 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3,860 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C2972 |
Jinan (Arabic:الجنان,romanized: al-Jinān) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate. It is located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) east ofHama and 25 kilometers (16 mi) west ofSalamiyah.[1]
According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jinan had a population of 3,860 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants areSunni Muslim Arabs. As of 2009, they mainly relied economically on agriculture, particularly vegetables, especially driedmallow (khubbayza), as well as pomegranates and grapes. The other main trade in the village was motorcycle repair.[1]
Jinan was abandoned or no longer cultivated by 1800 and this state of affairs was again acknoweldged in an 1805 Ottoman government record.[3] That year, the village was granted by the governorAbdullah Pasha al-Azm to his relative Nasuh Pasha al-Azm as amalikane (lifetime tax farm).[4] By 1829, it had been repopulated and was listed as a tax-paying village. The scholarEli Smith counted Jinan as the only inhabited place in the district ofSalamiyah in 1838, noting its inhabitants to beSunni Muslims.[3] That year, the village had been settled by formerly sheepherdingBedouins.[5]
