Hout, Syria

Hout (Arabic: حوط‎, also spelled Hut) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located south of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include Umm al-Rumman to the south, Samad to the southwest, Bosra to the west, Nimrah and al-Qurayya to the north and Salkhad to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hout had a population of 873 in the 2004 census.[1]

Hout حوط
Village
Hout
Coordinates: 32°29′23″N 36°36′31″E
Grid position	301/211
Country	Syria
Governorate	as-Suwayda
District	Salkhad
Subdistrict	al-Qurayya
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	873
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In 1596 Hout appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Huta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 5 households and 2 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a for a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,180 akçe.[2]

In 1838 Hut was noted as a "ruin or deserted", located in the Nukrah, south of Busrah.[3]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 211
3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, pp. 112, 154

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.
• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

• Map of the town, Google Maps