Middle East
Syria
Rif-dimashq Governorate

Saidnaya

Saidnaya, also transliterated as Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m above sea level, 27 km north of the city of in .
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  • Type: Town with 5,190 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Said Nâya”, “Saydnaya”, “Şaydnāyā”, “Sednaya”, “Seyd Naya”, and “Sidnaya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery and Aqua Fresca.

Monastery
Photo: Soman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Our Lady of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, . It is one of the most ancient monasteries in the world and in the region of the Middle East and North Africa, traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 547 AD.

Water park
Photo: Quick-ease2020, CC BY 4.0.
is a water park, which is situated 2½ km south of Saidnaya.

Monastery
Photo: Saleh.photography, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km north of Saidnaya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rankous and Hefeir at-Tahta.

Town
or Rankus is a town and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside located in Mount Qalamoun in Syria, 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650 and 2150 m. is situated 7 km north of Saidnaya.

Village
Hufayr al-Tahta is a Syrian located in the of Rif Dimashq. Hufayr al-Tahta had a population of 3,688 as per the 2004 census. is situated 8 km southeast of Saidnaya.

Saidnaya

Latitude
33.69886° or 33° 41′ 56″ north
Longitude
36.37265° or 36° 22′ 22″ east
Population
5,190
Elevation
1,365 metres (4,478 feet)
Open location code
8G5RM9XF+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 573518975
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
164717
Wiki­data ID
Q2031428
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Saidnaya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صيدنايا”
  • Armenian: “Սայդնայա”
  • Armenian: “Սեյդնայա”
  • Catalan: “Sednaya”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەیدنایە”
  • Chinese: “赛德纳亚”
  • Czech: “Sidnája”
  • Dutch: “Saidnaya”
  • Dutch: “Saydnaya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صيدنايا”
  • Finnish: “Saidnaya”
  • French: “Sednaya, Saidnaya”
  • French: “Seidnaya”
  • French: “Sidnaia”
  • German: “Ma’arrat Saydnaya”
  • German: “Saidnaya”
  • German: “Saydnaya”
  • German: “Sednaya”
  • German: “Sidnaja”
  • German: “Sidnaya”
  • Hebrew: “סידנאיא”
  • Hebrew: “סידנאיה”
  • Hebrew: “סיידנאיא”
  • Indonesian: “Saidnaya”
  • Indonesian: “Sednaya”
  • Japanese: “シドナーヤ”
  • Japanese: “セイドナヤ”
  • Korean: “시드나야”
  • Kurdish: “Sêdnaya”
  • Kurdish: “Seydnaya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saidnaya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saidnaya”
  • Norwegian: “Saidnaya”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܣܝܕܢܝܐ”
  • Persian: “صیدنایا”
  • Polish: “Sajdnaja”
  • Romanian: “Saidnaya”
  • Russian: “Сейд-Найя”
  • Russian: “Сидная”
  • Scots: “Saidnaya”
  • Spanish: “Saydnaya”
  • Spanish: “Sednaya”
  • Urdu: “صیدنایا”
  • Western Frisian: “Saidnaya”

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