Nahtah
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Nahtah
ناحتة | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Nahtah | |
| Coordinates: 32°47′20″N 36°20′56″E / 32.78889°N 36.34889°E | |
| PAL | 276/244 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Hirak |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 7,789 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Nahtah (Arabic: ناحتة) 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), Nahtah had a population of 7,789 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
In 1596 Nahtah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Nahta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 33 households and 19 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (7500 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (1200 a.), goats and beehives (300 a,), in addition to "occasional revenues" (200 a.); a total of 11,000 akçe.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.[3]
Religious buildings
- Omar Al-Farooq Mosque
- Ammar ibn Yasir Mosque
- Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Mosque
- Old Mosque (abandoned)
