Ashrafiyat Sahnaya

Ashrafiyat Sahnaya

أشرفية صحنايا
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya أشرفية صحنايا
	Ashrafiyat Sahnaya
	Coordinates: 33°26′02″N 36°14′42″E / 33.434°N 36.245°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	Darayya
Subdistrict	Sahnaya
Population (2004 census)
• Total	30,519
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Ashrafiyat Sahnaya (Arabic: أشرفية صحنايا, romanized: ʾAshrafīyat Ṣahnāyā, also spelled Ashrafiah Sahnaya) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus. Nearby localities include Darayya to the north, Sahnaya to the south, and al-Sabinah to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 30,519 in the 2004 census.^[1] Ashrafiyat Sahnaya is one of the few towns in the Ghouta with a majority Druze community, along with Jaramana, Sahnaya and Deir Ali.^[2]

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes. Vol. 1. BRILL. p. 34. ISBN 9004094377.

[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes. Vol. 1. BRILL. p. 34. ISBN 9004094377.

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