Suwayda

Also known as Sweida, Swaida, Suweida, Al-Suwaydā’, As-Suwayda, Al-Suwayda

Suwayda (), also spelled Sweida, is a city located in southern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is a Druze-majority city, with small Christian and Sunni Muslim Bedouin minorities.

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Suwayda is a city in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, primarily inhabited by Druze people with smaller populations of Christians and Sunni Muslim Bedouins. It matters as a significant center of Druze culture and population in Syria, a religious and ethnic group with a distinct identity in the region.

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Place details

Locality: السويداء
Region: محافظة السويداء
Country: سوريا
Population: 59,052
Timezone: Asia/Damascus

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.name: Suwayda
Settlement.other_name: Al-Suwayda, Sweida
Settlement.image_skyline: Swaida_city.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Suwayda, October 2011
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria#Mediterranean east
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Suwayda within Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sweida
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Suwayda
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Suwayda
Settlement.leader_title: Secretary-General
Settlement.leader_name: Maher Ghaleb al-Andari(de facto)

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Wikidata facts

Official name: السويداء
Population: 64730
Elevation: 1025
Image: Swaida city.jpg
Dialing code: 16

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Commons category: As-Suwayda
native label: السويداء
IATA airport code: QSW
P8168: C.S. Herediano
P12749: Rönneburg

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Article

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Contents

History
Ancient and Medieval eras
Ottoman era
Civil War (2011–present)
2018 Suwayda attacks
Protests
Southern Syria offensive
2025 clashes
Geography
Climate
Neighbourhoods
Demographics
Religious buildings
Archaeology
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
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Suwayda (), also spelled Sweida, is a city located in southern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is a Druze-majority city, with small Christian and Sunni Muslim Bedouin minorities.

It is the capital of the Sweida Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South, Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east.