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Sahnaya (, also spelled Sihnaya or Sehnaya) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus in the western Ghouta. Nearby localities include Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Darayya, Muadamiyat al-Sham, Jdeidat Artouz, Khan Danun and Al-Kiswah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Sahnaya had a population of 13,993 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the Sahnaya nahiyah consisting of two towns with a combined population of 44,512. Sahnaya is one of the few towns in the Ghouta with a majority Druze

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Place details

Locality
صحنايا
Region
محافظة ريف دمشق
Country
سوريا
Population
30,519
Timezone
Asia/Damascus

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11.8 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Sahnaya
Settlement.pushpin_map
Syria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Rif Dimashq
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Darayaa
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Sahnaya
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2004 census
Settlement.population_total
13993
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
EEST

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Wikidata facts

Country
Syria

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