Al-Shaykh Saad

Al-Shaykh Saad
الشيخ سعد
Village
An 1886 drawing of the village of al-Shaykh Saad
An 1886 drawing of the village of al-Shaykh Saad
Al-Shaykh Saad is located in Syria
Al-Shaykh Saad
Al-Shaykh Saad
Coordinates: 32°50′9″N 36°2′6″E / 32.83583°N 36.03500°E / 32.83583; 36.03500
Grid position247/249 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa Governorate
DistrictIzra District
NahiyahNawa
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total3,373
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Shaykh Saad (Arabic: الشيخ سعد ash-Shaykh Saʿad; also Romanized Sheikh Saad), historically also called Karnaim and Dair Ayyub ("Monastery of Job"), is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northwest of Daraa on the Jordan–Syria border. Nearby localities include Nawa, Jasim and al-Harrah to the north, Izra and al-Shaykh Maskin to the east, Tafas and Da'el to the southeast, and Adwan and Tasil to the west and Jalin to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Shaykh Saad had a population of 3,373 in the 2004 census.[1]