Al-Mataaiya

Al-Mataaiyah
المتاعية
Village
Al-Mataaiyah is located in Syria
Al-Mataaiyah
Al-Mataaiyah
Coordinates: 32°29′46″N 36°17′34″E / 32.49611°N 36.29278°E / 32.49611; 36.29278
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa Governorate
DistrictDaraa District
NahiyahAl-Jiza
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total2,734
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Mataaiyah, also spelled al-Muta'iya or Mataeiyeh (Arabic: المتاعية), is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northeast of Daraa and west of Bosra. Nearby localities include Nasib to the east, al-Taybeh to the northwest, al-Jiza to the north, Ghasm to the northeast, Bosra to the east and the Jordanian village of Sama al-Sirhan to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mataaiyah had a population of 2,734 in the 2004 census.[1]