Jubayb
Jubayb
جبيب Jbaib, Jbeb, Jbib | |
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Village | |
  Jubayb | |
| Coordinates: 32°37′25″N 36°25′40″E / 32.62361°N 36.42778°E | |
| PAL | 284/226 |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Suwayda |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 253 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Jubayb (Arabic: جبيب) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the 2004 census, Jubayb had a population of 253.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians, with a Sunni Muslim minority.[2][3]
History
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jib, being part of the nahiya of Butayna in the Qadaa Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 15 households and 5 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (1500 a.), barley (450 a.), summer crops (10 a.), goats and bee-hives (560 a.), winter pastures (600 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (600 a.); a total of 3,720 akçe. 1/6 of this was waqf income.[4]
Religious buildings
- The Saviour Greek Orthodox Church
- St. Nicholas Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
See also
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ اتفاق بوساطة روسية يعيد سكان قرية مسيحية في درعا. enabbaladi (in Arabic). 2025-08-01. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ^ Betts, Robert Brenton (1988). The Druze. New Haven : Yale University Press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ 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.
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