Saida, Syria
Village in Daraa, Syria
Saida
صَيْدَا
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Village
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Coordinates: 32°37′42″N 36°13′34″E / 32.62833°N 36.22611°E / 32.62833; 36.22611 | |
Grid position | 265/226 PAL |
Country |
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Governorate | Daraa |
District | Daraa |
Subdistrict | Daraa |
Population
(2004 census)
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• Total | 11,215 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC+3 ( EEST ) |
Saida , also spelled Sayda ( Arabic : صَيْدَا , romanized : Ṣaydā ), is a village in southern Syria , administratively part of the Daraa Governorate , located east of Daraa . Nearby localities include al-Naimah to the west, Al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah to the north, Kahil and al-Musayfirah to the east and al-Taybah and Umm al-Mayazen to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Saida had a population of 11,215 in the 2004 census. [1]
History
In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, Sayda was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hauran . It had a population of 41 households and 13 bachelors, all Muslims . 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 8,188 akçe . 1/6 of the revenue went to a waqf . [2] In 1838 Eli Smith noted that the place was located west of the Hajj road, and that it was in ruins. [3]
Saida was also noted as a khirba (ruined village) by 1858 during Ottoman rule. [4] However, the second half of that century saw a resurgence in grain cultivation and security in the Hauran region, of which Saida was part. During that period, it was settled and by 1895 had 250 inhabitants. [4]
References
- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 161
- 1 2 Lewis, Norman (2000). "The Syrian Steppe during the Last Century of Ottoman Rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena" . In Mundy, Martha; Musallam, Basim (eds.). The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0521770576 .
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 .
- Robinson, E. ; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838 . Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster .
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