As-Suwayda Governorate is one of Syria's 14 governorates (provinces). It has an area of 5,550 km². Its capital and major town is As-Suwayda. The governorate has a population of about 346,000 inhabitants (est. 2007).The inhabitants of the governorate are predominantly Druze with Greek orthodox minority, there is also a small Muslim community. Most of the inhabitants live in the western parts of the governorate, in Jabal al-Druze and Leja regions. Only nomadic Bedouin tribes live in the eastern parts, which constitute a barren rocky desert.
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| - As-Suwayda Governorate is one of Syria's 14 governorates (provinces). It has an area of 5,550 km². Its capital and major town is As-Suwayda. The governorate has a population of about 346,000 inhabitants (est. 2007).The inhabitants of the governorate are predominantly Druze with Greek orthodox minority, there is also a small Muslim community. Most of the inhabitants live in the western parts of the governorate, in Jabal al-Druze and Leja regions. Only nomadic Bedouin tribes live in the eastern parts, which constitute a barren rocky desert. (en)
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| - As-Suwayda Governorate is one of Syria's 14 governorates (provinces). It has an area of 5,550 km². Its capital and major town is As-Suwayda. The governorate has a population of about 346,000 inhabitants (est. 2007).The inhabitants of the governorate are predominantly Druze with Greek orthodox minority, there is also a small Muslim community. Most of the inhabitants live in the western parts of the governorate, in Jabal al-Druze and Leja regions. Only nomadic Bedouin tribes live in the eastern parts, which constitute a barren rocky desert. The governorate is divided into 3 districts (manatiq): As-Suwayda District, Salkhad District and Shahba District. These are further divided into 9 sub-districts (nawahi). There are 3 cities, 124 villages and 36 hamlets in the governorate. (en)
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