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Mahajjah (, also spelled Mahajjah, Muhajja or Mhajjeh) is a town in the Izra' District of the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria located north of Daraa. It is situated about 63 kilometers south of the capital Damascus. Nearby localities include Khabab to the northeast, Tubna to the north, Inkhil to the northwest, Jasim to the west, Nawa to the southwest, Izra and al-Shaykh Maskin to the south and the volcanic Lejat plain to the east. In the 2004 census by the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mahajjah had a population of 9,982. Its inhabitants are predominantly Muslims and Catholics.
Mahajjah's principal economic activity is agriculture and the population is rural. The average net income for an individual owning one hectare in the village was around 5,000 Syrian pounds ($446). Large landowners who would own 10 hectares would make an average annual income of 45,000 Syrian pounds ($4,018).