Place:As Suwaydā', Syria

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NameAs Suwaydā'
Alt namesAs Suwaydāsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 628
As-Suwaydasource: wikipedia
As-Suwaydā' governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates32.717°N 36.55°E
Located inSyria
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Ar-Ruqayyah
Fa'rah
Inhabited place
Al Karak
Al-Ghārīyah
Al-Junaynah
Al-Kafr
Al-Majdal
Al-Mashqūq
Al-Mushannaf
Al-Qurayyah
Al-ʿAnz
Al-ʿĀnāt
Ar-Rushaydah
As Suwayda
As-Sijn
Ath-Thaʿlah
Aṭ Ṭayyibah
Buraykah
Busan
Buthaynah
Dibbīn
Dāmā
Imtān
Khalkhalah
Kharabā
Khirbat ʿAwwād
Lāhitah
Mallāḥ
Qanawat
Ruḍaymah Lioûa
Shahba
Shaqqā
Shaʿf
Shinīrah
Sālah
Átil
ʿAyrah
ʿUrmān
ʿĀhirah
Ṣalkhad
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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As-Suwayda or Al-Suwayda Governorate ( / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat as-Suwaydā’) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is the southernmost governorate and has an area of 5,550 km² and forms part of the historic Hawran region. Its capital and major city is al-Suwayda.

Geographically the governorate comprises almost all of Jabal al-Druze, the eastern part of Lejah, and a part of the arid eastern steppe of Harrat al-Shamah.

Most of As-Suwayda inhabitants work in agriculture, planting grapes, apple, olive, and wheat in general. In addition, there are four clearly demarcated seasons (winter, spring, summer, and fall) which gives As-Suwayda nice weather and beautiful natural sites. As-Suwayda contains many archaeological sites. As Suwaydā' is a governorate.

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