Sahnaya

Sahnaya is a town in southern , administratively part of the , located southwest of in the western Ghouta. Nearby localities include , , Muadamiyat al-Sham, Jdeidat Artouz, Khan Danun and Al-Kiswah.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 14,000 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Şaḩnāyā”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Kiswah and Nahr Barbar.

Town
Photo: عبدالرحمن الصياد-أبوعابد, Public domain.
is a city in the , . It is located approximately 13 kilometres south of . It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad. is situated 7 km south of Sahnaya.

Locality
Pharpar is a biblical river in Syria. It is the less important of the two rivers of mentioned in the Book of Kings, now generally identified with the Nahr al-Awaj, also called Awaj, although if the reference to Damascus is limited to the city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be the modern Taura. is situated 9 km west of Sahnaya.

Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mezzeh is a municipality in , , due west of . It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mazzeh highway. It started gaining importance when the constructed , which was the main airport in Damascus until opened. is situated 9 km north of Sahnaya.

Sahnaya

Latitude
33.42261° or 33° 25′ 21″ north
Longitude
36.22597° or 36° 13′ 34″ east
Population
14,000
Elevation
705 metres (2,313 feet)
Open location code
8G5RC6FG+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567045913
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
164994
Wiki­data ID
Q7399701
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sahnaya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صحنايا”
  • Bulgarian: “Сахнаия”
  • Catalan: “Sahnaya”
  • Cebuano: “Sahnaiya”
  • Dutch: “Sahnaya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صحنايا”
  • Esperanto: “Sahnaja”
  • French: “Sahnaia”
  • German: “Sahnaja”
  • Hebrew: “סחנאיא”
  • Hebrew: “סחנאיה”
  • Japanese: “サフナーヤ”
  • Korean: “사흐나야”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sahnaya”
  • Persian: “صحنایا”
  • Polish: “Sahnaja”
  • Russian: “Сахная”
  • Urdu: “سہنایا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sahnaya”

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