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Rasas

FieldValue
official_nameRasas
native_nameرساس
other_nameRsas
pushpin_mapSyria
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Suwayda
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Suwayda
subdivision_type3Subdistrict
subdivision_name3Suwayda
settlement_typeVillage
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_prefMetric
population_as_of2004 census
population_total3,332
population_footnotes
timezoneEET
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timezone_DSTEEST
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coordinates
grid_position297/228
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type

Rasas (, also spelled Rsas) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located south of Suwayda. Nearby localities include Ira to the southwest, Sahwet Blatah to the east, ar-Raha to the northeast and Umm Walad to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rasas had a population of 3,332 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.

History

In 1596 Rasas appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Irsas (diz nazd Kafr), being part of the nahiya of Bani Nasiyya in the Qada of Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 20 households and 10 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives; a total of 3,880 akçe. Part of the income (8 out of 24 parts) went to a Waqf.

In 1838 Rasas was noted by Eli Smith.

Religious buildings

  • Maqam Job/Ayyub (Druze Shrine)

References

Bibliography

  • {{cite book

References

  2. [https://archive.today/20120804045153/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB13-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. {{in lang. ar
  3. "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society.
  4. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 220
  5. [[Eli Smith. Smith]], in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/158/mode/1up 158]
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