Al-Mughayyir, Suwayda
Al-Mughayyir
المغير | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Al-Mughayyir | |
| Coordinates: 32°20′56″N 36°41′19″E / 32.34889°N 36.68861°E | |
| PAL | 309/195 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Ghariyah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 615 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Mughayyir (Arabic: المغير) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mughayyir had a population of 615 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Mugayyir as-Sarqi and was part of the nahiya of Butayna in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 7 households and 4 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (750 a.), barley 450 a.), summer crops (500 a.), goats and/or beehives (200 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (100 a.); a total of 2,000 akçe.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
Bibliography
- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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.