Nahtah
Nahtah is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Central [Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics], Nahtah had a population of 7,789 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
History
In 1596 Nahtah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Nahta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 33 households and 19 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" ; a total of 11,000 akçe.In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.