Ma'ariya معرية Umm Sharq | |
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Village | |
  Ma'ariya | |
| Coordinates:32°45′51″N35°47′54″E / 32.76417°N 35.79833°E /32.76417; 35.79833 | |
| Grid position | 224/241PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Shajara |
| Control |  Israel |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,083 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Ma'ariya (Arabic:معرية,romanized: Ma'ariya, also transliteratedMa'ari), also known asUmm Sharq, is a village in southernSyria, administratively part of theDaraa Governorate, located west ofDaraa. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ma'ariya had a population of 1,083 in the 2004 census.[1]
In 1596 Ma'ariya appeared in theOttomantax registers as part of thenahiya (subdistrict) of Jawlan Sharqi in theQada of Hauran. It had an allMuslim population consisting of 5 households. A fixed tax−rate of 25% was paid on wheat (450akçe), barley (180 a.), summer crops (70 a.), goats and/or beehives (50 a.), in addition to taxes occasional revenues (50 a.); a total of 900 akçe.[2]
In 1884, American archaeologistGottlieb Schumacher described Ma'ariya (which he spelled 'M'arri') as an "uninhabited spot, where there are scattered ruins of considerable extent, but no remains of archaeological interest".[3] He noted it laid just east of Arqub al-Rahwa, which called the presumed BiblicalArgob, and that both sites were built on the same hill shoulder. The name 'M'arri' was that of a Muslim saintly figure buried in a close-by cavernous area underneath a terebinth tree.Bedouins from the local Manadhira tribe grew tobacco, grain and vegetables on the slopes by the site.[3]
In December 2024Israel invaded further into Syria. On 19 December, it was reported that the Israeli military has prevented Syrian farmers in Ma'ariya from accessing their fields.[4]
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