Ashrafiyat Sahnaya

Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
أشرفية صحنايا
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya is located in Syria
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
Coordinates: 33°26′02″N 36°14′42″E / 33.434°N 36.245°E / 33.434; 36.245
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictDarayya
SubdistrictSahnaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total30,519
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ashrafiyat Sahnaya (Arabic: أشرفية صحنايا, romanizedʾAshrafīyat Ṣahnāyā, also spelled Ashrafiah Sahnaya) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus. Nearby localities include Darayya to the north, Sahnaya to the south, and al-Sabinah to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 30,519 in the 2004 census.[1] Ashrafiyat Sahnaya is one of the few towns in the Ghouta with a majority Druze community, along with Jaramana, Sahnaya and Deir Ali.[2]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes. Vol. 1. BRILL. p. 34. ISBN 9004094377.