Back السويداء Arabic السويداء (مدينه فى منطقه مركز السويداء) ARZ Əs-Süveyda Azerbaijani سویدا ایستادیومو AZB As-Suwayda Catalan As Suwaydā' (kapital sa lalawigan) CEB سووەیدا CKB Suvajda Czech As-Suwaida German Ας Σουγουαΐντα Greek
Suwayda
ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Aerial view of the Suwayda city, October 2011 | |
  Suwayda Location of Suwayda within Syria  Suwayda Suwayda (Eastern Mediterranean) | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′45″N 36°34′00″E / 32.71250°N 36.56667°E | |
| Grid position | 296/235 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Suwayda |
| Control | Syrian transitional government |
| Elevation | 3,543 ft (1,080 m) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• City | 120,000[1] |
| • Metro | 138,822 |
| Demonym(s) | Arabic: سويداوي, romanized: Suwaydāwi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 16 |
| Geocode | C6147 |
| Climate | Csa |
Suwayda (Arabic: ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء, romanized: al-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.
It is the capital of Suwayda Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east. The city is referred to by some as "Little Venezuela" due to the city's influx of affluent Venezuelan Syrian immigrants.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ "Census". www.cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/04/hugo-chavez-in-syria/ Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Many of them came from Sweida. So when their descendants returned, they brought back the Spanish language and South American culture. Sweida is little Venezuela.
- ^ "Do come back". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ Goforth, Sean (2012). Axis of Unity: Venezuela, Iran & the Threat to America. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-61234-016-6.
- ^ "An elderly Syrian man waves Venezuela's flag during a visit by..." Getty Images. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2022-11-20.