Syria: An Economic Survey 



KERAK HAURAN 



Caza Population Gaza Population 



Kerak 19,551 Hauran 27,691 



Salt 37,235 Ajlun 61,500 



Maan 5,752 Basr el Harir 26,448 



Tafileh 7,750 Sueda 24,260 



Azrua 29,382 



Total 70,288 Masmieh 13,825 



Total 183,106 



ACRE NABLtTS 



Caza Population Caza Population 



Acre 40,897 Nablus 76,426 



Haifa ................. 30,629 Jenin 41,442 



Nazareth 20,801 Beni Saab 35,901 



Tiberias 13,102 



Safed 31,735 Total 153,749 



Total 137,164 



JERUSALEM 

 Caza Population 



Jerusalem 123,017 



Gaza 82,614 



Jaffa 81,490 



Hebron 56,241 



Beersheba 55,000 



398,362 



Population of Some Cities. 



Aleppo 200,000 Tripoli 50,000 



Aintab 70,000 Nablus 30,000 



Antioch 30,000 Haifa 20,000 



Alexandretta 12,000 Nazareth 20,000 



Damascus 300,000 Zahleh 150,000 



Horns 80,000 Jerusalem 80,000 



Hama 70,000 Jaffa 40,000 



Es Salt 15,000 Gaza 30,000 



Beirut 200,000 Hebron 25,000 



It is generally estimated that the percentage of non-registered 

 Ottomans and of non-Ottomans may be reckoned as being equal to 

 25 per cent of the registered population. Thus in round numbers 

 the population of Syria would amount to four million. Of these, 



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