Al-Sanamayn
Al-Sanamayn الصنمين | |
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  Al-Sanamayn Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 33°04′N 36°11′E / 33.067°N 36.183°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Daraa Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Al-Sanamayn Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Al-Sanamayn |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 26,268 |
| Time zone | UTC+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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Al-Sanamayn population Archived 2012-12-20 at Archive.today
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209.
Bibliografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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.