List of populated places in as-Suwayda Governorate

Shahba

Salkhad

Al-Suwayda

As-Suwayda Governorate is one of Syria's 14 governorates (provinces). It has an area of 5,550 km². Its capital and major town is As-Suwayda.

The governorate has a population of about 346,000 inhabitants (est. 2007).^[1] The inhabitants of the governorate are predominantly Druze with Greek orthodox minority, there is also a small Muslim community.

Most of the inhabitants live in the western parts of the governorate, in Jabal al-Druze and Leja regions. Only nomadic Bedouin tribes live in the eastern parts, which constitute a barren rocky desert.

The governorate is divided into 3 districts (manatiq): As-Suwayda District, Salkhad District and Shahba District. These are further divided into 9 sub-districts (nawahi).

There are 3 cities, 124 villages and 36 hamlets in the governorate.^[1]

English name	Arabic name	District	Population	Elevation	Location
Al-Ajailat	العجيلات	As-Suwayda District	1,500		32°45′48″N 36°46′50″E / 32.76333°N 36.78056°E
Al-Kefr	الكفر	As-Suwayda District		1360 m	32°38′0″N 36°38′30″E / 32.63333°N 36.64167°E
Ariqah	عريقة	Shahba District	3,000	800 m	32°53′10″N 36°28′50″E / 32.88611°N 36.48056°E
As-Suwayda	السويداء	As-Suwayda District	63,324	1095 m	32°42′0″N 36°34′0″E / 32.70000°N 36.56667°E
Dama	داما	Shahba District		725 m	32°57′10″N 36°25′50″E / 32.95278°N 36.43056°E
Imtan	امتان	Salkhad District	2,600	1189 m	32°25′0″N 36°49′0″E / 32.41667°N 36.81667°E
Qanawat	قنوات	As-Suwayda District		1200 m	32°45′20″N 36°37′0″E / 32.75556°N 36.61667°E
Salkhad	صلخد	Salkhad District	15,000	1350 m	32°29′30″N 36°42′40″E / 32.49167°N 36.71111°E
Shahba	شهبا	Shahba District			32°51′15″N 36°37′45″E / 32.85417°N 36.62917°E
Shaqqa	شقا	Shahba District	8,000	1070 m	32°53′50″N 36°41′50″E / 32.89722°N 36.69722°E

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Footnotes

1. Statistics from http://www.cbssyr.org/aindex.htm