Shahba
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Shahba ( / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located south of Damascus in the Jabal al-Druze in 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. The city had a population of 13,660 in the 2004 census. In Shahba, Druze make up the predominant population, while Christians and Sunni Muslim Bedouins represent a minority.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Shahba
- Settlement.other_name
- Philippopolis
- Settlement.native_name
- شَهْبَا
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Shahba Forum - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Philippeion, a memorial monument
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Suwayda
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shahba
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16745
- Elevation
- 1082
- Image
- Philippeion-Shahba.jpg
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- Shahba
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- History
- Roman era
- Ottoman era
- Demographics
- Religious buildings
- Climate
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Shahba ( / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located south of Damascus in the Jabal al-Druze in 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. The city had a population of 13,660 in the 2004 census. In Shahba, Druze make up the predominant population, while Christians and Sunni Muslim Bedouins represent a minority.
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