Al-Mazraa
المزرعة As-Sijn | |
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Town | |
  Al-Mazraa | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′58″N 36°29′0″E / 32.78278°N 36.48333°E | |
| Grid position | 288/243 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Mazraa |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,596 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Mazraa (Arabic: المزرعة, alternatively spelled al-Mazra'a or al-Mezra'ah), also known as as-Sijn (Arabic: السجن alternatively spelled Es-Sijine, Sijne or Sijni) is a village in southeastern Syria, administratively part of the as-Suwayda Governorate, located 12 kilometers (7 miles) northwest of as-Suwayda. Nearby localities include al-Hirak, Khirbet Ghazaleh and Da'el to the west and Umm Walad and Bosra to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mazraa had a population of 2,596 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the al-Mazraa nahiyah of the al-Suwayda District which consists of 12 villages with a combined population of 16,627.[1]
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)