Muzayrib

Muzayrib
مُزَيْرِيب
Town
Muzayrib is located in Syria
Muzayrib
Muzayrib
Coordinates: 32°42′39.2″N 36°1′35.8″E / 32.710889°N 36.026611°E / 32.710889; 36.026611
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictMuzayrib
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total12,640
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Muzayrib (Arabic: مُزَيْرِيب, also spelled Mzerib, Mzeireb, Mzereeb, Mezereeb or al-Mezereeb) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northwest of Daraa on the Jordan–Syria border. Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Saad and Nawa to the north, Da'el, Tafas and al-Shaykh Maskin to the northeast, and al-Yadudah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Muzayrib had a population of 12,640 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of the Muzayrib nahiyah (subdistrict) consisting of nine villages with a combined population of 72,625.[1] Muzayrib also has a community of Palestinian refugees.[2]

  1. ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ واجب- خاص. قتيلان وستة جرحى في شجار عشائري في تجمع المزيريب للاجئين الفلسطينيين (in Arabic). تجمع العودة الفلسطيني - واجب. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

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