Al-Yadudah, Syria

Al-Yadudah

اليادودة
Al-Yadudah اليادودة
Village
	Al-Yadudah
	Coordinates: 32°39′55″N 36°3′40″E / 32.66528°N 36.06111°E
Grid position	249/231 PAL
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	Daraa
Subdistrict	Muzayrib
Population (2004)
• Total	8,967
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Yadudah (Arabic: اليادودة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located north-west of Daraa. Nearby localities include Tell Shihab to the west, Muzayrib to the northwest, Tafas to the west and Ataman to the east.

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hawran, under the name of Yaduda. It had a population of 29 households and 21 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 4,500 akçe.^[2]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Yadudah had a population of 8,967 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Syrian Civil War

On 13 September 2021, residents of the village struck a reconciliation deal with the Syrian Military. Allowing Syrian army and Russian forces to enter the village.^[3]

On 11 May 2022, a Syrian soldier of the 4th Armoured Division was shot dead by insurgents in the village.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
^ "With a New Agreement, Regime Enters al-Yadudah in Daraa". The Syrian Observer. 14 September 2021.
^ "Security vacuum | Member of 4th Division assassinated in west Daraa countryside". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 11 May 2022.

Bibliography

Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.