Al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah
Town in Daraa, Syria
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Al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah (Arabic: المليحة الغربية) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah had a population of 5,454 in the 2004 census. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
History
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Maliha and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf 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 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (6000 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (2000 a.), goats and beehives (200 a.); a total of 10,000 akçe.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.[3]
Religious buildings
- Al-Farooq Mosque
- Usama ibn Zayd Mosque