Anz, Suwayda
Anz
عنز Anez | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Anz Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′17″N 36°41′11″E / 32.40472°N 36.68639°E | |
| Grid position | 308/202 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Ghariyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,102 |
Anz (Arabic: عنز; also spelled Anez) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Salkhad District of the Suwayda Governorate. In the 2004 census it had a population of 1,102.[1] Its inhabitants are Druze, Christians and Sunni Muslims.[2]
History
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers Anaz, as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Malik as-Sadir, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 15 households and 12 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (5100 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (1200 a.), goats and beehives (100 a.); the taxes totaled 8,000 akçe.[3]
in 1838, Eli Smith noted the place was in ruined, and that it was located east of Salkhad.[4]
Demographics
According to statistics from 1927, Anz had a population consisting of 327 Christians, 227 Druze, and 204 Sunni Muslims.[5]
In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 200 believers.[6]
Religious buildings
- Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church[7]
- St. George Greek Orthodox Church[8]
- Nativity of the Virgin Melkite Greek Catholic Church[9][10]
- Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque
- Khalwa (Druze Majlis)
See also
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah 1977, p. 212.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 160
- ^ Betts, 1988, p. 60
- ^ https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
- ^ https://albishara.net/church/details/3120
- ^ https://albishara.net/church/details/3119
- ^ https://albishara.net/church/details/3383
- ^ https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
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.