Jabah
Sign in to saveJabah () is a Syrian village located in Quneitra District, Quneitra. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jabah had a population of 5,281 in the 2004 census.
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It is catalogued under the topic Towns in Quneitra Governorate.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- جبا
- Region
- محافظة القنيطرة
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 5,281
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Jabah () is a Syrian village located in Quneitra District, Quneitra. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jabah had a population of 5,281 in the 2004 census.
==History== In 1596, Jabah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Jaba, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jaydur in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population of 30 households and 23 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. Their total tax was 8,500 akçe, with all of it going to a waqf (religious trust).
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