Ain al-Fijah
| Ain al-Fijah عين الفيجة | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Ain al-Fijah | |
| Coordinates: 33°36′50″N 36°10′48″E / 33.614°N 36.18°E | |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
| District | Qudsaya District |
| Nahiyah | Ain al-Fijah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,806 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Ain al-Fijah (Arabic: عين الفيجة, also spelled Ayn al-Fijeh and Ein Al Fejeh) is a small town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located 25 kilometers southwest of Damascus. Nearby localities include Deir Muqaran to the west, al-Zabadani to the northwest, Basimah to the southeast and Qudsaya to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,806 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative centre of—though not the largest town in—the Ain al-Fijah nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which is made up of six localities with a combined population of 19,584.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
Spring
The town was built around the Ain al-Fijah springs, the source of the Barada River which supplies Damascus with freshwater. In the 1st century CE, the Romans constructed a temple at Ain al-Fijah.[3] In 1907 the Ottoman authorities installed the first clean water pipe was installed at the springs.[4] In 1924 Syrian businessmen Lutfi al-Haffar and Abd al-Wahab al-Qanawati founded the Ain al-Fijah Company, which would use water from spring for irrigation purposes.[5] Throughout the early 20th-century, the company was one of the most profitable and innovative in Damascus.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 147.
- ↑ Ain al-Fijah Description. Archnet Digital Library.
- ↑ Doumani, 2007, p. 125.
- ↑ Moubayed, 2006, p. 235.
- ↑ Moubayed, 2006, pp. 450-451.
Bibliography
- Doumani, Beshara (2007). Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in Eighteenth-Century Damascus. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0295801638.
- Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men & Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. pp. 235–238. ISBN 1-885942-41-9.
- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
