{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name = Tayzin | native_name = تيزين | other_name = {{lower|0.2em|Tizin}} | settlement_type = Village <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Syria <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria <!-- Location ------------------> | coordinates = {{coord|35|7|35|N|36|39|19|E|region:SY|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [[Syria]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Syria|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Hama Governorate|Hama]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Syria|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Hama District|Hama]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Nahiyah|Subdistrict]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Hama]] <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_footnotes = | population_total = 5,072 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Tayzin''' ({{langx|ar|تيزين|Tīzīn}}, also spelled '''Tizin''') is a village in northwestern [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Hama Governorate]], located just west of [[Hama]]. Nearby localities include [[Matnin]] to the north, [[al-Rabiaa]] to the southwest, [[Umm al-Tuyur]] to the west, [[Kafr al-Tun]] to the north and [[Shihat Hama]] to the northeast. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), Tayzin had a population of 5,072 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723204435/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-1-2004.htm |date=2012-07-23 }}. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are [[Sunni Muslim]]s.<ref>Rosen, Nir. [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/20111010122434671982.html Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne]. ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''. 2011-10-11.</ref>
==History== According to an Ottoman tax record from 1818, Tayzin consisted of 46 [[feddan]]s, paid 4,840 [[qirsh]] in taxes to the state and another 4,725 qirsh in exactions to the [[mutasallim]] of [[Hama]], [[Faraj Agha]].{{sfn|Douwes|2000|p=225}} In 1838, it was recorded as a [[Sunni Muslim]] village.{{sfn|Robinson|Smith|1841|p=[https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/179/mode/1up 179]}}
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==Bibliography== *{{cite book |first=Dick |last=Douwes |title=The Ottomans in Syria: A History of Justice and Oppression |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYptAAAAMAAJ |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2000 |isbn=1860640311}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
{{Hama Governorate|hama}}
[[Category:Populated places in Hama District]]