Al-Jiza الجيزة | |
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Town | |
  Al-Jiza | |
| Coordinates:32°34′12″N36°18′59″E / 32.57000°N 36.31639°E /32.57000; 36.31639 | |
| 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) |
Al-Jiza (Arabic:الجيزة) is a town in southernSyria, administratively part of theDaraa Governorate, located east ofDaraa. Nearby localities includeal-Mataaiya to the south,Ghasm to the southeast,al-Sahwah to the northeast,al-Musayfirah to the north,Kahil to the northwest andal-Taybeh to the west.
In theOttomantax registers of 1596, it was a village located thenahiya of Butayna, part ofQada Hawran, under the name ofJiza. It had a population of 19 households and 7 bachelors, allMuslims. 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 7,215akçe. All of the revenue went to awaqf.[2]
In 1838,el-Jizeh was noted as a ruin, situated "In the Nukrah, west ofBusrah".[3]
According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jiza had a population of 14,700 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Jizanahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of three localities with a collective population of 21,100 in 2004.[1]
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