Al-Ghuzlaniyah
الغزلانية | |
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Coordinates: 33°23′55″N 36°27′11″E / 33.39861°N 36.45306°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
District | Douma |
Subdistrict | Al-Ghizlaniyah |
Population (2006)[1] | |
• Total | 38,473 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Ghuzlaniyah (Arabic: الغزلانية) is a town 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-Ghuzlaniyah had a population of 10,473 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Alanya nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 13 localities with a collective population of 36,715 in 2004.[1]