Sour, Daraa
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Sour
صور | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Sour Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′30″N 36°18′06″E / 32.95833°N 36.30167°E | |
| PAL | 272/263 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Izraa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 924 |
Sour (Arabic: صور) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sour had a population of 924 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Sur; part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 14 households and 7 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3600 akçe), barley (900 a.), summer crops (540 a.), goats and beehives (100 a.). in addition to "occasional revenues" (190 a.); a total of 5,330 akçe. 15/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.[2]
In 1838, Sur was noted as a ruin, located "in the Lejah", west of Dama.[3]
