Jasim
Jasim
جاسم Jasem, Jassem | |
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Jasim | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′32″N 36°03′36″E / 32.99222°N 36.06000°E | |
| Grid position | 249/266 PAL |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Jasim |
| Elevation | 747 m (2,451 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 31,683 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Jasim (Arabic: جاسم, also spelled Jasem or Jassem) is a city in the Izraa District of the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria. It is located 41 kilometers north of Daraa, near Nawa to the south, Kafr Shams to the north, Inkhil to the northeast and al-Harra to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jasim had a population of 31,683 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of two localities with a combined population of 39,624 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.