Official Name: | Jabah |
Native Name: | جبا |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 33.1617°N 35.9256°W |
Grid Position: | 236/287 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Quneitra |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Quneitra District |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Khan Arnabah |
Population Total: | 5,281 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | C6277 |
Jabah (ar|جبا) 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.[1]
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).[2]