Official Name: | Al-Qisa |
Other Name: | Qaysa |
Native Name: | القيسا |
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: | Douma |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Al-Nashabiyah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 4,151 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 33.4856°N 36.5417°W |
Al-Qisa (Arabic: القيسا, also spelled Qaysa) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southeast of Damascus. Nearby localities include Harran al-Awamid to the south, Otaybah to the east, al-Abadah to the northeast, al-Jarba to the north, al-Qasimiyah to the northwest, al-Bilaliyah and Deir Salman to the west and al-Ahmadiyah to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qisa had a population of 4,151 in the 2004 census.[1]