Ad-Dara (Arabic: الدارة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ad-Dara had a population of 1,243 in the 2004 census. Its...
Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659), also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba (lit. 'Prince of High Rank')...
Suwayda Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة السويداء, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat as-Suwaydāʾ) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is the country's southernmost governorate, covering an area of 5,550 km2, and is bordered by Daraa...
Sahwet al-Khudr (Arabic: سهوة الخضر, also spelled Sahwet al-Khidr or Sahwet el-Khodar) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate, located south of Suwayda. According to the 2004 census,...
Suwayda (Arabic: ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء, romanized: as-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a city located in southern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is a Druze-majority city, with small Christian and Sunni Muslim Bedouin minorities. It is the...
Shahba (Arabic: شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located 87 km (54 mi) south of Damascus in the Jabal al-Druze in Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis (in...
Al-Kafr (Arabic: الكفر, also spelled al-Kefr) is a village in Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. It is located 8 km to the southeast of Suwayda. It is known for its forest and good wine, and it was the site of a number of battles during the 19th...
Salkhad (Arabic: صَلْخَد, romanized: Ṣalḫad) is a Syrian city in the Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. It is the capital of Salkhad District, one of the governorate's three districts. It had a population of 9,155 inhabitants in the 2004 census.
Qanawat (Arabic: قَنَوَات, romanized: Qanawāt) is a village in Syria, located 7 km north-east of Suwayda in the Jabal al-Druze region. It stands at an elevation of about 1,200 m, near a river and surrounded by woods. According to the Syria Central...
Malah (Arabic: ملح) is a town is situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. The town is the administrative center of the Malah Nahiya. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Malah had a population...