Al-Ghizlaniyah

Al-Ghizlaniyah
الغزلانية
Town
Al-Ghizlaniyah
Coordinates: 33°23′55″N 36°27′11″E / 33.39861°N 36.45306°E / 33.39861; 36.45306
Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq
District Douma
Subdistrict Al-Ghizlaniyah
Population (2004)[1]
  Total 10,473
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Al-Ghizlaniyah (Arabic: الغزلانية) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Nearby localities include Khirbet al-Ward to the west, al-Adiliyah to the southwest, Burraq to the south, al-Hayjanah to the southeast, Judaydat al-Khas to the east, Ghasulah and Harran al-Awamid, Sakka to the north, Deir al-Asafir and Shabaa to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Ghizlaniyah had a population of 10,473 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Ghizlaniyah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 13 localities with a collective population of 36,715 in 2004.[1]

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