Al-Nashabiyah Explained

Official Name:Al-Nashabiyah
Native Name:النشابية
Settlement Type:Town
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:Douma
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Al-Nashabiyah
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:11,053
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+3
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:33.5136°N 36.4872°W

Al-Nashabiyah (Arabic: النشابية, also spelled Nashabieh) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located 19 kilometers east of Damascus city. Situated in the fertile Ghouta region, nearby localities include Beit Nayim and Outaya to the west, Marj al-Sultan to the southwest, al-Bilaliyah and Deir Salman to the southeast, al-Qasimiyah and al-Jarba to the east, al-Bihariyah to the northeast, Adra to the north and Hawsh al-Dawahira and Hawsh Nasri to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Nashabiyah had a population of 11,053 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Nashabiyah nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 22 localities with a collective population 76,814 in 2004.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213152303/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-12-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004