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Beit Jinn

Town in Syria

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official_name	Beit Jinn
native_name	بيت جن
pushpin_map	Syria
pushpin_mapsize	250
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Rif Dimashq
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Qatana
subdivision_type3	Subdistrict
subdivision_name3	Beit Jinn
settlement_type	Village
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2004 census
population_total	2846
population_footnotes
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3
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area_code	11

Beit Jinn (), also known as Bayt Jin, Beit Jann or Beyt Jene, is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus on the foothills of Mount Hermon. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Jinn had a population of 2,846 at the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni.

The village is the administrative center of the Beit Jinn subdistrict, which consists of nine villages, with a combined population of 15,668. The subdistrict has Sunni population and contains a Druze religious shrine. Nearby localities include Arnah to the north, Darbal to the northeast, Mazraat Beit Jinn to the east, Harfa to the southeast, and Hader to the southwest. The Nahr al-Awaj river (generally identified with the biblical Pharpar) passes near the town.

History

Beit Jinn was visited by Andalusian geographer Ibn Jubayr in the late 12th century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village between Darayyah and Baniyas lying among the hills."

In 1838, during Ottoman rule, Eli Smith noted Beit Jinn's population as being predominantly Sunni Muslim.

2017 Beit Jinn offensive

In December 2017, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, control of the village was a source of fighting between the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Levant Liberation Committee. Following the Beit Jinn offensive of late 2017, the Syrian government took control of the area. The local rebels surrendered and were allowed to leave.

References

Bibliography

References

[https://archive.today/20130112154704/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-32-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang. ar
(2014-11-11). "Assad’s Druze game exposed". NOW News.
Le Strange, 1890, p. [https://archive.org/details/palestineundermo00lestuoft/page/412/mode/1up 412]
Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/139/mode/1up 139]
The Associated Press. (December 25, 2017). "Syrian troops capture new areas near Israeli-occupied Golan". [[The Washington Post]].
(30 December 2017). "Assad regains control as Syrian rebels abandon area bordering Golan Heights". Times of Israel.

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