Al-Jiza

Al-Jiza الجيزة
Village
Al-Jiza
Coordinates:
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	Daraa
Subdistrict	Al-Jiza
Population (2004)
• Total	14,700
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Al-Jiza (Arabic: الجيزة‎‎, also spelled el-Jeza) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa. Nearby localities include al-Mataaiya to the south, Ghasm to the southeast, al-Sahwah to the northeast, al-Musayfirah to the north, Kahil to the northwest and al-Taybeh to the west.

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hawran, under the name of Jiza. It had a population of 19 households and 7 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 7,215 akçe.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jiza had a population of 14,700 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Jiza nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of three localities with a collective population of 21,100 in 2004.

External links

• Map of the town, Google Maps
• Bosra-map; 22M