Mahajjah
Sign in to saveMahajjah () is a town in the Izraa District of the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria located north of Daraa. It is situated about 63 kilometers south of the capital Damascus. Nearby localities include Khabab to the northeast, Tubna to the north, Inkhil to the northwest, Jasim to the west, Nawa to the southwest, Izraa and ash-Shaykh Miskin to the south and the volcanic Lejat plain to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mahajjah had a population of 9,982 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
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Mahajjah () is a town in the Izraa District of the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria located north of Daraa. It is situated about 63 kilometers south of the capital Damascus. Nearby localities include Khabab to the northeast, Tubna to the north, Inkhil to the northwest, Jasim to the west, Nawa to the southwest, Izraa and ash-Shaykh Miskin to the south and the volcanic Lejat plain to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mahajjah had a population of 9,982 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Mahajjah's principal economic activity is agriculture and the population is rural. The average net income for an individual owning one hectare in the village was around LS 5,000 (US$446). Large landowners who would own 10 hectares would make an average annual income of LS 45,000 (US$4,018).
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