Hit حيط Heit, Hayt | |
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Village | |
  Hit | |
| Coordinates:32°45′15″N35°54′44″E / 32.75417°N 35.91222°E /32.75417; 35.91222 | |
| Grid position | 235/239PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Shajara |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 3,956 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Hit (حيط; also transliteratedHeit orHayt) is a village in southernSyria, administratively part of theDaraa Governorate. According to theSyrian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,956 in the 2004 census.[1] The village sits by the confluence of theAllan andEhreir streams,[2] overlooking the deep gorge where the streams meet.[3] It is near the approaches to theYarmuk river,[2] which represents the border between Syria and Jordan.
In 1596 Hit appeared in theOttomantax registers as part of thenahiya (subdistrict) of Jawlan Sharqi in theQada of Hauran. It had an allMuslim population consisting of 20 households and 15 bachelors. A fixed tax−rate of 25% was paid on wheat (6,000akçe), barley (2,250 a.), summer crops (750 a.), goats and/or beehives (1,000), in addition to taxes on a water mill (120 a.) and occasional revenues (880 a.); a total of 11,000 akçe.[4]
In 1886,Gottlieb Schumacher noted that Hit was a medium-sized village of 150 Muslims living in thirty huts, part of which were constructed of stone and others mud, with the largest and best-built being that of itssheikh (headman). The modern village had been established in the preceding few years by families from the nearby village ofSaham al-Jawlan who lost their properties to their creditors and made use of Hit's scattered ancient ruins to build their new settlement.[3]
Capital:Daraa | |||||||||||||||||||||
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