Al Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah
الغارية الغربية | |
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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 | |
| 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.
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.