| Official Name: | Yalda |
| Native Name: | يلدا |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| Subdivision Type3: | Nahiyah |
| Subdivision Name3: | Babbila |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2004 census |
| Population Total: | 28384 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 33.4628°N 36.3217°W |
Yalda (Arabic: يلدا|Yaldā, also spelled Yelda) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the southern outskirts of Damascus to the west of the Yarmouk Camp. Nearby localities include al-Hajar al-Aswad, Jaramana, Sayyidah Zaynab, al-Sabinah and Babbila. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Yalda had a population of 28,384 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also in the Babbila nahiyah consisting of 13 towns and villages with a combined population of 341,625.[1]
The town has ancient ruins including foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian columns of basalt.[2]
Yalda was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village lying some 3 miles from Damascus. The final n is sometimes left out, and the name pronounced Yalda."[3]