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Village in Daraa, Syria
Nafia نافعة
Village
Nafia is located in SyriaNafiaNafia
Coordinates: 32°48′32″N 35°53′34″E / 32.80889°N 35.89278°E / 32.80889; 35.89278
Grid position234/246 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictShajara
Population
 • Total2,673
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nafia (Arabic: نافعة, romanizedNāfiʾa, also transliterated Nafi'ya) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located west of Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Nafia had a population of 2,673 in the 2004 census.

History

In 1884 American archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher described Nafia as a village of about 160 Muslims living in thirty-five huts made of stone and mud. The village was situated at an elevation slightly above its surroundings in the stony country of east of the Jawlan (Golan Heights). Its soil was of high quality and its cultivable lands extended eastward to the Nahr al-Allan river. Schumacher surmised the village had been of greater importance in its past, due to the considerable ruins of ancient and more modern dwellings in its immediate vicinity.

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Schumacher 1886, p. 84.

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Daraa Governorate
Capital: Daraa
Al-Sanamayn District
Sanamayn
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Ghabaghib
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Masmiyah
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Daraa Governorate within Syria
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Khirbet Ghazaleh
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