Nasib () is a

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

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located in Daraa District,

Daraa Daraa (, Levantine Arabic: ) is a city in southwestern Syria, north of the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. Located south of Damascus on the Damascus–Amman highway, it serves as a way sta ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nasib had a population of 5,780 in the 2004 census. The Nasib Border Crossing between Syria and Jordan is located near the village.

History

In 1897,

Gottlieb Schumacher Gottlieb Schumacher (21 November 1857 – 26 November 1925) was an United States, American-born civil engineer, architecture, architect and archaeology, archaeologist of Germans, German descent, who was an important figure in the early archaeol ...

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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Deraa-map, 22L
{{Daraa Governorate, daraa Populated places in Daraa District