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Jamrin جمرين
Village
Jamrin
Coordinates: 32°32′51″N 36°29′43″E / 32.54750°N 36.49528°E / 32.54750; 36.49528
Grid position	290/217 PAL
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	Daraa
Subdistrict	Bosra al-Sham
Population
• Total	1,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Jamrin (Arabic: جمرين; transliteration: Jamrīn, also spelled Jimrin, Jemrin and Jemarrin) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa and immediately north of Bosra. Other nearby localities include Maaraba to the west, Kharaba to the northwest, al-Mujaymer to the north and al-Qurayya to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jamrin had a population of 1,000 in the 2004 census.

History

Antiquity

Immediately north of Jamrin is the Roman-era Jamrin Bridge. In 543, during the Byzantine era, a church dedicated to St. Stephen was built in Jamrin.

Ottoman era

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jimrin, being part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Nasiyya in the Qada 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, barley, summer crops, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 6,330 akçe. In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, Jemurrin, situated in "the Nukra , east of Al-Shaykh Maskin".

Modern era

As of the 1980s, Jamrin's inhabitants belonged to three clans, with the office of the village's mukhtar (headman) being traditionally filled by members of the Kafarnah clan.

References

1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Baedeker 1894, p. 204
3. Conder 1890, p. 234.
4. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 219.
5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 153
6. Batatu 1999, p. 24

Bibliography

• Baedeker, K. (1894). Palestine and Syria (2nd ed.). Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. OCLC 01028236..
• Batatu, H. (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691002541.
• Conder, C.R. (October 1890). "The Early Christians in Syria". The Scottish Review. 16: 215–240.
• 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.
• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

• Bosra-map; 22M

v t e Daraa Governorate
Capital: Daraa
Al-Sanamayn District Sanamayn Subdistrict Al-Sanamayn Bassir Burqa Eib al-Harra Inkhil Judayyah Tubna Kafr Shams Khabab al-Qaniyah Qayta Samlin Zimrin Ghabaghib Subdistrict Ghabaghib Alqin Aqraba Deir al-Adas Deir al-Bukht Jabab Kafr Nasij Kammunah Mankat al-Hatab Manshiyat al-Sabil al-Mal Muthabin al-Qaziyah al-Tiha Masmiyah Subdistrict al-Masmiyah Bali Burraq Buwaydan Shaarah
Izra District Izra Subdistrict Izra Asim Busra al-Harir Buwayr Jaddal Mahajjah Maliha al-Atash al-Matallah Miskiyah al-Mujaydil Najih Qiratah Shaqra Sur Hirak Subdistrict al-Hirak al-Maliha al-Gharbiya al-Maliha al-Sharqiyah Nahita Rakham al-Surah Jasim Subdistrict Jasim Namir Nawa Subdistrict Nawa Adwan al-Jubayliyah al-Nasiriyah al-Shaykh Saad al-Sukkariyah Shaykh Maskin Subdistrict al-Shaykh Maskin al-Dali al-Faqia Namir Qarfa al-Suhayliyah Tasil Subdistrict Tasil al-Bakkar al-Bakkar Sharqi
Daraa District Daraa Subdistrict Daraa Ataman Kahil al-Naimah Nasib Saida al-Taybah Umm al-Mayazen Bosra Subdistrict Bosra Jamrin Maaraba Samad Samaqiyat Da'el Subdistrict Da'el Abtaa Jiza Subdistrict al-Jiza Ghasm al-Mataaiya Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict Khirbet Ghazaleh Alma al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah al-Ghariyah al-Sharqiyah Musayfira Subdistrict al-Musayfirah al-Karak al-Sahwah Umm Walad Muzayrib Subdistrict Muzayrib Ajami Jalin Nasij Tafas Tell Shihab al-Yadudah Zayzun Shajara Subdistrict al-Shajara Abdin Ayn Zakar Beit Ara Hit Jamla Kuwaya Maariyah Nafia al-Qusayr Saham al-Jawlan Shabraq

• Populated places in Daraa District
• Villages in Syria