Al-Qusayr (Arabic: القصير, also transliterated Ekseir) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located west of Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qusayr had a population of 674 in the 2004 census.[1]
Al-Qusayr
القصير Ekseir | |
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Village | |
  Al-Qusayr | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′33″N 35°52′52″E / 32.74250°N 35.88111°E | |
| Grid position | 227/242 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Shajara |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 674 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geography
editThe village has an elevation of 350 meters (1,150 ft) above sea level.[2] It is near the deep northern bank of the Yarmuk River valley and overlooks the Yarmuk and the confluence of the Wadi al-Harir and Wadi al-Shilala streams. It was historically supplied by the Ayn al-Qusayr (Ain el-Ekseir) spring to the village's north.[3]
History
editOttoman period
editIn 1884 Gottlieb Schumacher noted al-Qusayr (which he spelled 'Ekseir') was a village of 100 inhabitants living in thirty-five stone and clay huts (some of which were deserted). Although it was had fertile lands, the population was in decline, a situation Schumacher attributed to the village's poor water quality.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Schumacher 1886, p. 3.
- ^ a b Schumacher 1886, p. 72.
Bibliography
edit- Schumacher, G. (1886). Across the Jordan: Being an Exploration and Survey of part of Hauran and Jaulan. London: Richard Bentley and Son.