Hout
حوط | |
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Village | |
  Hout | |
| Coordinates: 32°29′23″N 36°36′31″E / 32.48972°N 36.60861°E | |
| Grid position | 301/211 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | as-Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | al-Qurayya |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 873 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Hout (Arabic: حوط, also spelled Hut) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located south of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include Umm al-Rumman to the south, Samad to the southwest, Bosra to the west, Nimrah and al-Qurayya to the north and Salkhad to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hout had a population of 873 in the 2004 census.[1]
History
[edit]In 1596 Hout appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Huta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 5 households and 2 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a for a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,180 akçe.[2]
In 1838 Hut was noted as a "ruin or deserted", located in the Nukrah, south of Busrah.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 211
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, pp. 112, 154
Bibliography
[edit]- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (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
[edit]- Map of the town, Google Maps
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