Al-Tha'lah (Arabic: الثعلة) is a Syrian village in As-Suwayda District in As-Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Tha'lah had a population of 4,569 in the 2004 census.[1]
Al-Tha'lah
الثعلة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Tha'lah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′42″N 36°26′57″E / 32.71167°N 36.44917°E | |
| Grid position | 285/235 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | As-Suwayda |
| District | As-Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Suwayda |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 4,569 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C6140 |
History
editIn 1596, Al-Tha'lah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Ta'la; part of the nahiya of Bani Nasiyya in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 30 households and 12 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat (10500 akçe), barley (2250), summer crops (1500), goats and beehives (500), in addition to "occasional revenues"(250); a total of 15,000 akçe.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "the Nukra, east of Al-Shaykh Maskin".[3]
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 220
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 152
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- 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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