Muzayrib (, also spelled
Mzerib,
Mzeireb or
Mzereeb) is a town in southern
Syria, administratively part of the
Daraa Governorate, located northwest of
Daraa on the Syrian-
Jordanian borders. Nearby localities include
al-Shaykh Saad and
Nawa to the north,
Da'el,
Tafas and
al-Shaykh Maskin to the northeast, and
al-Yadudah to the southeast. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Muzayrib had a population of 12,640 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the Muzayrib
nahiyah consisting of nine villages with a combined population of 72,625. Muzayrib also has a community of
Palestinian refugees.