Qanawat
قَنَوَات | |
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  Qanawat Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′20″N 36°37′00″E / 32.75556°N 36.61667°E | |
| Grid position | 301/240 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | as-Suwayda |
| District | as-Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | as-Suwayda |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 8,324 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Qanawat (Arabic: قَنَوَات, romanized: Qanawāt) is a village in Syria, located 7 km north-east of al-Suwayda. It stands at an elevation of about 1,200 m, near a river and surrounded by woods. Its inhabitants are entirely from the Druze community.[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qanawat had a population of 8,324 in the 2004 census.[2]
- ^ Betts, 2010, p. 22.
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.