Khirbet Ghazaleh
خربة غزالة Khirbet Ghazalah | |
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Town | |
 Entrance to Khirbet Ghazaleh | |
  Khirbet Ghazaleh | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′N 36°12′E / 32.733°N 36.200°E | |
| Grid position | 262/239 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Khirbet Ghazaleh |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,240 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Khirbet Ghazaleh (Arabic: خربة غزالة also spelled Khirbet Ghazalah) is a town in the Daraa Governorate, roughly 17 kilometers northeast of Daraa adjacent to Da'el in the west and near Izra' to the north. It is situated on the main highway between Damascus and Amman. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics Khirbet Ghazaleh had a population of 16,240.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Muslims.[2]
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Smith; in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Second appendix, B, p. 151