Abtaa
Sign in to saveAbtaa (; transliteration: Ibṭaʿ, also spelled Ibta or ''Obtei'a'') is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa District in the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include Da'el to the south, Khirbet Ghazaleh to the southeast, Namer to the east, Qarfa to the northeast and al-Shaykh Maskin to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics Abtaa had a population of 14,283.
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Abtaa (; transliteration: Ibṭaʿ, also spelled Ibta or ''Obtei'a'') is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa District in the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include Da'el to the south, Khirbet Ghazaleh to the southeast, Namer to the east, Qarfa to the northeast and al-Shaykh Maskin to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics Abtaa had a population of 14,283.
==History== Abtaa dates back to antiquity, having been mentioned in pre-Islamic Syriac texts.
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