As-Suwayda
ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Aerial view of the Suwayda city, October 2011 | |
  As-Suwayda Location of As-Suwayda within Syria  As-Suwayda As-Suwayda (Eastern Mediterranean) | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′45″N 36°34′00″E / 32.71250°N 36.56667°E | |
| Grid position | 296/235 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | As-Suwayda |
| District | As-Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | As-Suwayda |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Akram Ali Muhammad[2][3] |
| Elevation | 3,543 ft (1,080 m) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • City | 120,000[1] |
| • Metro | 138,822 |
| Demonym(s) | Arabic: سويداوي, romanized: Suwaydāwi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 16 |
| Geocode | C6147 |
| Climate | Csa |
As-Suwayda (Arabic: ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء / ALA-LC romanization: as-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.
It is the capital of As-Suwayda Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east. The city is referred to by some as "Little Venezuela" due to the city's influx of affluent Venezuelan Syrian immigrants.[4][5][6][7]
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- ^ http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/04/hugo-chavez-in-syria/ Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Many of them came from Sweida. So when their descendants returned, they brought back the Spanish language and South American culture. Sweida is little Venezuela.
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