Izra
Izra (Arabic: ازرع Izra') is a toun in Sirie, admeenistratively belangin tae Izra Destrict o the Daraa Govrenorate locatit north o Daraa. Izra' haes an altitude o 599 metres an haed a population o 19,158 in 2004, accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS).[1] The population is predominantly Christian.
Izra ازرع Izra' | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
 The Basilica o St. George in Izra | |
  Izra Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 32°51′N 36°14′E / 32.850°N 36.233°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Daraa Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Izra Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Izra |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 19,158 |
History
eeditIn 1596 Izra' appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Madinat Zura' an wis pairt o the nahiya o Badi Sarma in the Qada o Hauran. It haed a Christian population consistin o 175 hoosehaulds an 61 bachelors, an a Muslim population o 59 hoosehaulds an 30 bachelors. Taxes wur paid on wheat, baurley, goats an/or beehives, watter mill an jizya.[2]
References
eedit- ↑ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 217.
Bibliografie
eedit- Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth and Kamal Abdulfattah (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.