Hazm () is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hazm had a population of 858 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze. History In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of Hazim, located in the nahiya of Bani Miglad in the Qada Hawran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 10 households and 4 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3700 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (300 a.), goats and/or beehives (150 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 6,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 217 Religious buildings Maqam al-Khidr (Druze Shrine)
See also Druze in Syria
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