Al-Mataaiyah, also spelled al-Muta'iya or Mataeiyeh (Arabic: المتاعية), is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northeast of Daraa and west of Bosra. Nearby localities include Nasib to the east, al-Taybeh to the northwest, al-Jiza to the north, Ghasm to the northeast, Bosra to the east and the Jordanian village of Sama al-Sirhan to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mataaiyah had a population of 2,734 in the 2004 census.[1]
Al-Mataaiyah
المتاعية | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Mataaiyah | |
| Coordinates: 32°29′46″N 36°17′34″E / 32.49611°N 36.29278°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa Governorate |
| District | Daraa District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Jiza |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 2,734 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editAl-Mataaiyah was a khirba (ruined village) by the 19th century during Ottoman rule. However, the second half of that century saw a resurgence in grain cultivation and security in the Hauran region, of which al-Mataaiyah was part.[2] In 1892, a certain entrepreneurial local chieftain, Sheikh Khuntush, purchased the then-abandoned village for 1,000 Turkish gold liras.[2] Afterward, he moved farmers into al-Mataaiyah and built cisterns inside the dry village to collect rainwater.[2] In 1895, there were about 150 inhabitants and Sheikh Khuntush resolved to bring in more peasants. By 1905, the population grew to 200.[2] During the 1890s, some people from al-Mataaiyah also reestablished the village of Sama, 7 kilometers to the southwest.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ a b c d e 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 0521770572.
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