Kafr Nasij

Seven ancient basalt houses were documented in Kafr Nasij during a 1970s archaeological survey.{{Cite journal |last=Barkay |first=G. |last2=Ilan |first2=Z. |last3=Kloner |first3=A. |last4=Mazar |first4=A. |last5=Urman |first5=D. |date=1974 |title=Archaeological Survey in the Northern Bashan (Preliminary Report) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27925462 |journal=Israel Exploration Journal |volume=24 |issue=3/4 |pages=174–181 |issn=0021-2059}} Likely built as residences for wealthy individuals, these structures are believed to date back to the Roman period, around the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, with some still standing and occupied at the time of the 1970s survey.

A Ghassanid monastery of stylites was located in Kafr Nasij which was part of Batanea during the Byzantine era (4th-7th centuries).Trimingham, 1979, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=c9XYAAAAMAAJ&q=Nasij 144]

In 1596 Kafr Nasij appeared in the Ottoman tax registers being in the nahiya of Jaydur, part of Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 17 households and 7 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats, bee-hives and water mills; in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 17,800 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209

In 1838, Kefr Nasij was noted as a village in the el-Jeidur district.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/149/mode/1up 149]

During the ongoing Syrian Civil War which began in 2011, pro-government media reported that five opposition rebels were killed and 13 others arrested during a clash with Syrian security forces.[http://www.champress.net/index.php?q=en/Article/view/2913 Authorities storm terrorist hideouts in Daraa, arrest terrorists and kill others]. Cham Press. 2012-06-28.

In Kafr Nasij, there is a Mediterranean climate. Rainfall is higher in winter than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Csa. The average annual temperature in Kafr Nasij is {{convert|16.1|°C|1}}. About {{convert|386|mm|2|abbr=on}} of precipitation falls annually.

{{Weather box|location = Kafr Nasij

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan high C = 10.7

|Feb high C = 12.4

|Mar high C = 16.0

|Apr high C = 20.5

|May high C = 26.1

|Jun high C = 30.0

|Jul high C = 31.2

|Aug high C = 31.8

|Sep high C = 29.3

|Oct high C = 25.8

|Nov high C = 19.2

|Dec high C = 13.3

|Jan low C = 2.5

|Feb low C = 2.9

|Mar low C = 5.4

|Apr low C = 8.5

|May low C = 12.2

|Jun low C = 15.3

|Jul low C = 17.0

|Aug low C = 17.3

|Sep low C = 15.1

|Oct low C = 12.3

|Nov low C = 8.0

|Dec low C = 4.6

|Jan precipitation mm = 96

|Feb precipitation mm = 72

|Mar precipitation mm = 51

|Apr precipitation mm = 18

|May precipitation mm = 11

|Jun precipitation mm = 0

|Jul precipitation mm = 0

|Aug precipitation mm = 0

|Sep precipitation mm = 0

|Oct precipitation mm = 11

|Nov precipitation mm = 42

|Dec precipitation mm = 85

|year precipitation mm= 386

|source = Climate-Data.org, Climate data

|date=21 January 2018}}

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• {{cite book

| last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth

| last2 =Abdulfattah|first2=K. |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah

| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ

| year = 1977

| publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft

|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}

• {{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}}

• {{cite book |

last=Trimingham|first= John Spencer

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9XYAAAAMAAJ&q=Nasij

|title=Christianity among the Arabs in pre-Islamic times

|publisher= Longman|year= 1979| isbn =0582780810}}

{{refend}}

• [https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1513941,36.03948,15z Map of town], Google Maps
• [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-vn745520-s19lc-v Sanameine-map, 19L]

{{Daraa Governorate|sanamayn}}

Category:Populated places in Al-Sanamayn District