Jabah

Town in Quneitra, Syria
Jabah
جبا
Town
33°9′42″N 35°55′32″E / 33.16167°N 35.92556°E / 33.16167; 35.92556
Grid position236/287
Country Syria
GovernorateQuneitra
DistrictQuneitra District
SubdistrictKhan Arnabah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total5,281
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC6277

Jabah (Arabic: جبا) is a Syrian village located in Quneitra District, Quneitra. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jabah had a population of 5,281 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

In 1596 Jabah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jaba, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jaydur in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population of 30 households and 23 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. Their total tax was 8,500 akçe, with all of it going to a waqf (religious trust).[2]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 208

Bibliography

  • Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
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