Shahba

Shahba شَهْبَا Philippopolis
The Philippeion, a memorial monument
Shahba Location in Syria
Coordinates: 32°51′15″N 36°37′45″E / 32.85417°N 36.62917°E / 32.85417; 36.62917
Grid position	302/251
Country	Syria
Governorate	as-Suwayda
District	Shahba
Subdistrict	Shahba
Population  (2004)
• Total	14,784
Time zone	EEST

Shahba (Arabic: شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located 87 km (54 mi) south of Damascus in the Jabal el Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis (in Arabia), the city was the seat of a Bishopric (see below), which remains a Latin titular see.