Al-Qurayya

al-Qurayya
القريا
al-Qrayya
Town
al-Qurayya is located in Syria
al-Qurayya
al-Qurayya
Coordinates: 32°32′33″N 36°35′49″E / 32.54250°N 36.59694°E / 32.54250; 36.59694
Grid position299/217 PAL
Country Syria
Governorateas-Suwayda
DistrictSalkhad
Subdistrictal-Qurayya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total6,789
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Qurayya (Arabic: القريا; also spelled al-Qrayya or Kureiyeh) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located south of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include Bosra to the southwest, Hout to the south, Salkhad to the southeast, al-Kafr, Hibran and Sahwat al-Khudr to the northeast, Sahwat Bilata and Rasas to the north and 'Ara and al-Mujaymer to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qurayya had a population of 6,789 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of the al-Qurayya nahiyah which consists of four towns with a combined population of 9,892.[1]