Ashrafiyat Sahnaya

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Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
أشرفية صحنايا
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya is located in Syria
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
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Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate
District Darayya District
Nahiyah Sahnaya
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 30,519
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Ashrafiyat Sahnaya (Arabic: أشرفية صحنايا‎‎) 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (Arabic)
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