Place:As Suwayda, As Suwaydā', Syria

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameAs Suwayda
Alt namesAs Suwaydāsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 379
As Suwaydā'source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Es Suweidasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 379
Soueidasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 379
TypeCity
Coordinates32.7°N 36.567°E
Located inAs Suwaydā', Syria
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

As-Suwayda ( / ALA-LC romanization: as-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida or Swaida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.

It is the capital of As-Suwayda Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east. The city is referred to by some as "Little Venezuela" due to the city's influx of affluent Venezuelan Syrian immigrants.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at As Suwayda. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:As_Suwayda%2C_As_Suwayd%C4%81%27%2C_Syria"