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Adwan عدوان
Village
Adwan
Coordinates: 32°49′18″N 35°59′42″E / 32.82167°N 35.99500°E / 32.82167; 35.99500
Grid position	243/247 PAL
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa Governorate
District	Izra District
Nahiyah	Nawa
Control	Syrian Opposition
Population
• Total	2,487
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Adwan (Arabic: عدوان; also spelled Adawan or Edwan) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izra District of the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Saad to the east, Saham al-Jawlan to the southwest and Tasil to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Adwan had a population of 2,487 in the 2004 census all being Sunni Muslim.

History

In 1596, Adwan appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as "'Udwan" and was part of the nahiya of Jawlan Sarqi in the Qada of Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 21 households and 15 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; a total of 700 akçe.

In the late 19th-century, Adwan was a medium-sized village inhabited by the Bedouin Adwan tribe. Its buildings, which included around 40 huts and a few ancient ruins, were mostly built of stone and mud. The village had a population of about 140.

Syrian Civil War

On 9 August 2022, an Iraqi commander of the Islamic State by the name of 'Abo Salim Al-Iraqi' blew himself up after he was besieged by Syrian military forces in the village.

References

1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 199.
3. Schumacher, 1889, p. 119.
4. "After sieging him near Jolan | Iraqi ISIS commander blows himself up inside a house". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 9 August 2022.

Bibliography

• Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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.
• Schumacher, G.; Oliphant, L.; le Strange, G. (1889). Across the Jordan: being an exploration and survey of part of Hauran and Jaulan. Bentley.

External links

• Map of the town, Google Maps
• Kafer el Ma-map, 21K

v t e Daraa Governorate
Capital: Daraa
Al-Sanamayn District Sanamayn Subdistrict Al-Sanamayn Bassir Burqa Eib al-Harra Inkhil Judayyah Tubna Kafr Shams Khabab al-Qaniyah Qayta Samlin Zimrin Ghabaghib Subdistrict Ghabaghib Alqin Aqraba Deir al-Adas Deir al-Bukht Jabab Kafr Nasij Kammunah Mankat al-Hatab Manshiyat al-Sabil al-Mal Muthabin al-Qaziyah al-Tiha Masmiyah Subdistrict al-Masmiyah Bali Burraq Buwaydan Shaarah
Izra District Izra Subdistrict Izra Asim Busra al-Harir Buwayr Jaddal Mahajjah Maliha al-Atash al-Matallah Miskiyah al-Mujaydil Najih Qiratah Shaqra Sur Hirak Subdistrict al-Hirak al-Maliha al-Gharbiya al-Maliha al-Sharqiyah Nahita Rakham al-Surah Jasim Subdistrict Jasim Namir Nawa Subdistrict Nawa Adwan al-Jubayliyah al-Nasiriyah al-Shaykh Saad al-Sukkariyah Shaykh Maskin Subdistrict al-Shaykh Maskin al-Dali al-Faqia Namir Qarfa al-Suhayliyah Tasil Subdistrict Tasil al-Bakkar al-Bakkar Sharqi
Daraa District Daraa Subdistrict Daraa Ataman Kahil al-Naimah Nasib Saida al-Taybah Umm al-Mayazen Bosra Subdistrict Bosra Jamrin Maaraba Samad Samaqiyat Da'el Subdistrict Da'el Abtaa Jiza Subdistrict al-Jiza Ghasm al-Mataaiya Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict Khirbet Ghazaleh Alma al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah al-Ghariyah al-Sharqiyah Musayfira Subdistrict al-Musayfirah al-Karak al-Sahwah Umm Walad Muzayrib Subdistrict Muzayrib Ajami Jalin Nasij Tafas Tell Shihab al-Yadudah Zayzun Shajara Subdistrict al-Shajara Abdin Ayn Zakar Beit Ara Hit Jamla Kuwaya Maariyah Nafia al-Qusayr Saham al-Jawlan Shabraq

• Populated places in Izra' District