Rasas

Rasas

رساس
Rsas
Rasas رساس Rsas
Village
	Rasas
	Coordinates: 32°38′34″N 36°34′26″E / 32.64278°N 36.57389°E
Grid position	297/228
Country	Syria
Governorate	as-Suwayda
District	as-Suwayda
Subdistrict	as-Suwayda
Population (2004 census)
• Total	3,332
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Rasas (Arabic: رساس, also spelled Rsas) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located south of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include 'Ira to the southwest, Sahwat Bilata to the east, al-Ruha 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

In 1838 Rasas was noted by Eli Smith.^[3]

References

^ ^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. 220
^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 158

Bibliography

Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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

Map of the town, Google Maps

[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 220

[3] Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 158

[1]

[2]

[3]