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Al-Sanamayn

الصنمين
Al-Sanamayn is located in Syrie
Al-Sanamayn
Al-Sanamayn
Location in Sirie
Coordinates: 33°04′N 36°11′E / 33.067°N 36.183°E / 33.067; 36.183
Kintra Sirie
GovrenorateDaraa Govrenorate
DestrictAl-Sanamayn Destrict
NahiyahAl-Sanamayn
Elevation
640 m (2,100 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total26,268
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Al-Sanamayn (Arabic: الصنمين‎) is a Sirie toun locatit in Al-Sanamayn Destrict, Daraa Govrenorate. Al-Sanamayn haes an altitude o 640 meters. It haes a population o 26,268 (2004 census).[1]

History

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In 1596 Al-Sanamayn appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Sanamayn an wis pairt o the nahiya o Bani Kilab in the Qada o Hauran. It haed an entirely Muslim population consistin o 80 hoosehaulds an 37 bachelors. Taxes wur paid on wheat, baurley, simmer crops, goats an beehives, an a watter mill.[2]

References

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  1. Al-Sanamayn population Archived 2012-12-20 at Archive.today
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209.

Bibliografie

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  • 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.

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