Al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah

Al Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah الغارية الغربية
Town
View of al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah, 2015
Al Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah
Coordinates: 32°40′58″N 36°13′24″E / 32.68278°N 36.22333°E / 32.68278; 36.22333
Grid position	265/233 PAL
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa Governorate
District	Daraa District
Nahiyah	Khirbet Ghazaleh
Population  (2004)
• Total	9,784
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah (Arabic: الغارية الغربية, romanized: Al-Gārīyah al-Ghārbīyah) also known as Western Ghariyah is a town in the Daraa District in southern Syria, northeast of Daraa city, on the M5 motorway between Damascus and the Nasib Border Crossing with Jordan. It is a historical town with many Roman-era ruins. The area is surrounded by fertile plains, and a number of its inhabitants depend on the agriculture for income. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 9,784 in the 2004 census.^[1]

The town is well known for the cultivation of olive trees, which cover more than 50% of town's municipal area. The principal families of the town include Al Aalgbit, Al Aweer, Al Moshmosh, Al Zoubi and Al Hariri.