Badda, Syria

Badda
بَدَّا
Village
Nickname: 
(The Jewel of Qalamoun)
Badda is located in Syria
Badda
Badda
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°41′N 36°26′E / 33.683°N 36.433°E / 33.683; 36.433
CountrySyria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
Districtal-Tall
SubdistrictSaidnaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total6,564
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
The local council in Badda town.

Badda (Arabic: بَدَّا) is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Badda had a population of 6,564 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 172