Rasas

Village in as-Suwayda, Syria

Rasas

رساس

Rsas

Village

Rasas

Coordinates: 32°38′34″N 36°34′26″E﻿ / ﻿32.64278°N 36.57389°E﻿ / 32.64278; 36.57389
Grid position| 297/228
Country|  Syria
Governorate| as-Suwayda
District| as-Suwayda
Subdistrict| as-Suwayda
Population

(2004 census)[1]

• 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] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.

## History

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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]

## See also

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* Druze in Syria

## References

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1. ^ a b 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

## Bibliography

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* 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

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Suwayda Governorate

Shahba District

| Shahba
Subdistrict|

* Shahba
* Amrah
* Braykah
* Majadel
* Mardak
* al-Matunah
* Nimreh
* Salakhid
* Suwaymrah
* Taymah
* Umm Dubayb
* Umm al-Zaytoun

|

Ariqah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Ariqah
* Dama
* Deir Dama
* Harran
* Jirrin
* al-Kharsa
* Lubayn
* Sumayd
* Waqm

Shaqqa
Subdistrict|

* Shaqqa
* Arajah
* Barik
* al-Buthainah
* Duma
* al-Hayyat
* Hit
* al-Junayneh
* al-Qasr
* al-Rudaymah
* Ta'lah

Surah Saghirah
Subdistrict|

* as-Sawra as-Saghira
* Dhakir
* Hazm
* al-Huquf
* al-Khalidiyah
* Khalkhalah
* Lahithah
* Rudaymat al-Liwa
* al-Salmiyah
* as-Sawra al-Kabira
* Umm Haratayn
* al-Ushayib

Suwayda District

| Suwayda
Subdistrict|

* Suwayda
* Aslihah
* Attil
* Dara
* Hibran
* Ira
* Jubayb
* al-Kafr
* Kafr al-Luhf
* Kanaker
* Kharaba
* Mafaalah
* Masad
* Miyamas
* al-Mujaymer
* Qanawat
* ar-Raha
* Rasas
* Rimat Hazm
* Sahwat Balatah
* Sahwat al-Khudr
* Sakakah
* Slaim
* al-Tha'lah
* Walghah

|

Mazra'ah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Mazraa
* ad-Dour
* ad-Duwayri
* Jidiyah
* al-Majdal
* Najran
* Qarrasa
* Rimat al-Luhf
* Sami'
* Samma
* Ta'ara
* at-Tira

Mushannaf
Subdistrict|

* Al-Mushannaf
* Busan
* al-Ghaydah
* al-Kassib
* al-Ajaylat
* Rami
* al-Rushaydah
* Sa'nah
* Salah
* Shbeiki
* al-Shurayhi
* Tarba
* al-Tayyibah
* Umm Riwaq

Salkhad District

| Salkhad
Subdistrict|

* Salkhad
* al-Annat
* Awas
* al-Karbis
* Imtan
* al-Mashquq
* al-Munaydhrah
* Urman
* al-Uyun
* al-Rafqah
* Sama al-Bardan
* Shanirah
* Tahulah

|

Qurayyah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Qurayya
* al-Afinah
* Burd
* Hout

Ghariyah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Ghariyah
* Anz
* Khirbet Awad
* al-Mughayyir

Dhibin
Subdistrict|

* Dhibin
* Bakka
* Umm al-Rumman

Malah
Subdistrict|

* Malah
* Abu Zurayq
* Baham
* al-Harisi
* al-Huwayya
* Khazmah
* Qaysamah
* Sha'af
* al-Shi'ab
* Tell al-Lawz
* Tulaylin

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