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As-Suwayda

This article is about the capital of as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. For the village in Hama Governorate, western Syria, see Al-Suwaydah, Masyaf.
As-Suwayda
ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء
City
Aerial view of the Suwayda city, October 2011
Aerial view of the Suwayda city, October 2011
As-Suwayda is located in Syria
As-Suwayda
As-Suwayda
Location of As-Suwayda within Syria
As-Suwayda is located in Eastern Mediterranean
As-Suwayda
As-Suwayda
As-Suwayda (Eastern Mediterranean)
Coordinates: 32°42′45″N 36°34′00″E / 32.71250°N 36.56667°E / 32.71250; 36.56667
Grid position296/235
Country Syria
GovernorateAs-Suwayda
DistrictAs-Suwayda
SubdistrictAs-Suwayda
Government
 • GovernorAkram Ali Muhammad[2][3]
Elevation
3,543 ft (1,080 m)
Population
 (2020 census)
 • City120,000[1]
 • Metro
138,822
Demonym(s)Arabic: سويداوي, romanized: Suwaydāwi
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code16
GeocodeC6147
ClimateCsa

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.

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.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "<meta HTTP-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/HTML; charset=iso-8859-1"/> NameBright - Coming Soon". www.cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "الرئيس الأسد يصدر مرسومين بتعيين أربعة محافظين جدد" [President Assad issues two decrees appointing four new governors]. SANA. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ "President al-Assad issues decrees on appointing new governors for eight Syrian provinces". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ^ http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/04/hugo-chavez-in-syria/ Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Many of them came from Sweida. So when their descendants returned, they brought back the Spanish language and South American culture. Sweida is little Venezuela.
  5. ^ "Do come back". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  6. ^ Goforth, Sean (2012). Axis of Unity: Venezuela, Iran & the Threat to America. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-61234-016-6.
  7. ^ "An elderly Syrian man waves Venezuela's flag during a visit by..." Getty Images. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2022-11-20.

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