Al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah
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Al Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah الغارية الغربية |
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View of al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah, 2015
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 Al Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah
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| Coordinates: 32°40′58″N 36°13′24″E / 32.68278°N 36.22333°E | |
| Grid position | 265/233 PAL |
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 Syria
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| Governorate | Daraa Governorate |
| District | Daraa District |
| Nahiyah | Khirbet Ghazaleh |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 9,784 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah (Arabic: الغارية الغربية, translit. Al-Gārīyah al-Ghārbīyah, Turkish: El Gariye) also known as Western Ghariyah is a town in the Daraa District in southern Syria, northeast of Daraa city, on the M5 motorway between Damascus and the Nasib Border Crossing with Jordan. It is a historical town with many Roman-era ruins. The area is surrounded by fertile plains, and a number of its inhabitants depend on the agriculture for income. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 9,784 in the 2004 census.
The town is well known for the cultivation of olive trees, which cover more than 50% of town's municipal area. The principal families of the town include Al Aalgbit, Al Aweer, Al Moshmosh, Al Zoubi and Al Hariri.
The town is located on the Damascus–Daraa (highway road). It is bounded on the south by the town of Saida, on the north by the city of Khirbet Ghazaleh and on the east by al-Ghariyah al-Sharqiyah. On the western side, their lands adjoin the towns of Ataman and al-Naimeh, close to Daraa city, so the western side of the town has the largest percentage of land owned by the people of the town; these lands are called Mashwar.
Al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah was the site of a Roman-era town.
In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hawran, under the name of Gariyya as-Sugra. It had a population of 51 households and 21 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 15,000 akçe.
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