Nasib ( ar, نصيب) is a
Syrian village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
located in
Daraa District
Daraa District ( ar, منطقة درعا) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Daraa Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 428,681. Its administrative centre is the city of Daraa
Daraa ( ar, دَرْ ...
,
Daraa
Daraa ( ar, دَرْعَا, Darʿā, Levantine Arabic: , also Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera'a, Dera, Derʿā and Edrei; means "''fortress''", compare Dura-Europos) is a city in southwestern Syria, located about north of the border with Jordan ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nasib had a population of 5,780 in the 2004 census.
The
Nasib Border Crossing
The Nasib Border Crossing ( ar, مركز نصيب الحدودي) is an international border crossing between Syria and Jordan. It is one of the busiest border crossings in Syria and is situated on the Damascus-Amman international highway near Na ...
between Syria and Jordan is located near the village.
History
In 1897,
Gottlieb Schumacher noted that it had 50 houses and 200 inhabitants. The villagers possessed good arable land, but suffered from lack of water.
[Schumacher, 1897, p]
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References
Bibliography
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External links
Deraa-map, 22L
{{Daraa Governorate, daraa
Populated places in Daraa District