Kafr Shams

Kafr Shams
كفر شمس
Village
Kafr Shams is located in Syria
Kafr Shams
Kafr Shams
Coordinates: 33°7′N 36°7′E / 33.117°N 36.117°E / 33.117; 36.117
Grid position253/280 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictAl-Sanamayn
SubdistrictAl-Sanamayn
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total12,435.[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kafr Shams (Arabic: كفر شمس, also spelled Kfar Shams or Kafr ash-Shams) is a small city in southern Syria administratively belonging to the Al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. It is 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) northwest of al-Sanamayn, just east of the Golan Heights and situated between Damascus and Daraa. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics Kafr Shams had a population of 12,435.[1]