Jadal

Jadal (Arabic: جدل) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jadal had a population of 1,508 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

Jadal جدل Jadel
Village
Jadal Location in Syria
Coordinates: 32°58′19″N 36°21′52″E
PAL	277/264
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	Izraa
Subdistrict	Izraa
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	1,508

History

In 1596 Jadal appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 31 households and 9 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (4,500 a.), barley (1350 a.), summer crops (1650 a.), goats and/or beehives (200 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (300 a.); a total of 8,000 akçe.^[2]

In 1838, Jedal was noted as a ruin, located "in the Lejah", west of Dama.^[3]

Religious buildings

• Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque
• Mosque