Al-Yadudah, Syria

Al-Yadudah (Arabic: اليادودة‎) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located north-west of Daraa. Nearby localities include Tell Shihab to the west, Muzayrib to the northwest, Tafas to the west and Ataman to the east.

Al-Yadudah

اليادودة
Village
Al-Yadudah
Coordinates: 32°39′55″N 36°3′40″E
Grid position249/231 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictMuzayrib
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total8,967
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hawran, under the name of Yaduda. It had a population of 29 households and 21 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 4,500 akçe.[2]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Yadudah had a population of 8,967 in the 2004 census.[1]

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References
  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214

Bibliography
  • 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.
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