Abdin, Daraa Governorate
Abdin
عابدين | |
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Village | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′46″N 35°49′27″E / 32.77944°N 35.82417°E | |
| Grid position | 227/242 PAL |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Shajara |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 1,454 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Abdin (Arabic: عابدين, romanized: ʿAbdīn, also transliterated Abdeen or Abidin) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located west of Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Abdin had a population of 1,454 in the 2004 census. The village was listed in 16th-century Ottoman tax records. It was abandoned at an unknown point and reestablished by Algerian immigrants associated with the exiled Algerian resistance leader Emir Abdelkader in the mid-19th century.