Middle East
Syria
Rif-dimashq Governorate

Sayyidah Zaynab

Sayyidah Zaynab, commonly known as Sayyidah Zaynab, is a town in the of , 10 km south of , the national capital. With a population of 136,427, it is the 10th most populous city in Syria and the most populous satellite city of Damascus.
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  • Type: City with 136,000 residents
  • Description: city in Syria
  • Also known as: “As Sayyidah Zaynab”, “As-Sayyida Zeinab”, “Qabr as Sitt”, “Qabr es Sett”, “Qabr es Sitt”, “Sayeda Zainab”, and “Sitt Zaynab”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Babella and Aqraba.

Town
Babbila is a town in southern , administratively part of the , located on the southern outskirts of to the east of the .

Village
is a Syrian located in the of . had a population of 6,799 in the 2004 census.

Village
Beit Sahem is a village in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located 's southeastern outskirts.

Sayyidah Zaynab

Latitude
33.44649° or 33° 26′ 47″ north
Longitude
36.33625° or 36° 20′ 11″ east
Population
136,000
Elevation
660 metres (2,165 feet)
Open location code
8G5RC8WP+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3887032461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
166277
Wiki­data ID
Q4120581
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sayyidah Zaynab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الست زينب”
  • Arabic: “الست”
  • Arabic: “السيدة زينب”
  • Arabic: “قبر الست”
  • Armenian: “Սայիդա Զեյնաբ”
  • Asturian: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Azerbaijani: “Seyyidə Zeynəb”
  • Catalan: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Chinese: “薩伊達澤納布”
  • Chinese: “賽伊達扎伊納卜”
  • Chinese: “賽義德澤納布”
  • Chinese: “赛义达扎伊娜卜”
  • Dutch: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Finnish: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Finnish: “Set Zaynab”
  • French: “As-Sayyida Zeinab”
  • French: “Sayyida Zeinab”
  • German: “as-Sajjida Seinab”
  • German: “Saida Zaineb”
  • Hebrew: “א-סיידה זיינב”
  • Japanese: “アッ゠サイーダ・ゼイナブ”
  • Japanese: “アッ＝サイイダ・ザイナブ”
  • Japanese: “サイイダ・ザイナブ”
  • Korean: “사이다자이나브”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Norwegian: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Persian: “سیده زینب”
  • Polish: “As-Sajjida Zajnab”
  • Portuguese: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Romanian: “Sayyida Zeinab”
  • Russian: “Ас-Саийда-Зейнаб”
  • Russian: “Саида Зайнаб”
  • Russian: “Саида-Зайнаб”
  • Scots: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Serbian: “Сајида Зајнаб”
  • Urdu: “سیدہ زینب”
  • Vietnamese: “Sayyidah Zaynab”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیدہ زینب”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sayyidah Zaynab”. Photo: Argooya, Public domain.