As-Suwayda
As-Suwayda (Arabic: ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء / ALA-LC romanization: as-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.
As-Suwayda
ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء | |
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City | |
Aerial view of the Suwayda city, October 2011 | |
As-Suwayda Location of As-Suwayda within Syria As-Suwayda As-Suwayda (Eastern Mediterranean) | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′45″N 36°34′00″E | |
| Grid position | 296/235 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | As-Suwayda |
| District | As-Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | As-Suwayda |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Bassam Mamdouh Parsik |
| Elevation | 3,543 ft (1,080 m) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • City | 73,641 |
| • Metro | 138,822 |
| Demonym(s) | Arabic: سويداوي, romanized: Suwaydāwi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 16 |
| Geocode | C6147 |
| Climate | Csa |
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.
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