Official Name: | Beit Sahem |
Other Name: | Bayt Sahm |
Native Name: | بيت سحم |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Rif Dimashq |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 15,667 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 33.4733°N 36.3372°W |
Beit Sahem (Arabic: بيت سحم, also spelled Bayt Sahm or Beit Sahm) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located Damascus's southeastern outskirts. Nearby localities include Babbila to the west, Jaramana to the north, Aqraba east and Sayyidah Zaynab to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Beit Sahem had a population of 15,667 in the 2004 census.[1]