Ashrafiyat al-Wadi explained

Official Name:Ashrafiyat al-Wadi
Native Name:أشرفية الوادي
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Rif Dimashq
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Qudsaya
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Qudsaya
Settlement Type:Village
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:2101
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.5867°N 36.1931°W

Ashrafiyat al-Wadi (Arabic: أشرفية الوادي) is a village adjacent to the town of Qudsaya and just north of the Mezzeh district of Damascus in Syria. The village is administratively part of the Qudsaya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Nearby localities include al-Hamah to the east, the affluent suburbs of al-Sabboura and Yaafour to the west and Dahiyat Qudsaya and Jdeidat al-Wadi to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ashrafiyat al-Wadi had a population of 2,101 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-7-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147