Umm ar-Rumman


Umm ar-Rumman is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Umm ar-Rumman had a population of 1,775 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, while Christians and Sunni Muslim Bedouins represent a minority.

History

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Rumman and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 40 households and 5 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" ; a total of 19,550 akçe.
In 1838 Um er-Rumman was noted as a "ruin or deserted", located in the Nukrah, south of Busrah. the Nukrah being the southern Hauran plain.

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