Jayrud

Jairoud
جيرود
Town
Jairoud is located in Syria
Jairoud
Jairoud
Coordinates: 33°48′24″N 36°44′25″E / 33.80667°N 36.74028°E / 33.80667; 36.74028
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
Districtal-Qutayfah
SubdistrictJayroud
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total24,219
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

Jairoud (Arabic: جيرود; also spelled Jerud or Jayroud) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include ar-Ruhaybah, al-Qutayfah and Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun to the southwest, Yabroud, an-Nabek and Deir Atiyah to the north and al-Qaryatayn to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jairoud had a population of 24,219 in the 2004 census.[1] The city is also the administrative center of the Jairoud nahiyah which consists of four towns and villages with a combined population of 31,821.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

  1. ^ a b c 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. 173