Suwayda Governorate

Suwayda Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of . It is the country's southernmost governorate, covering an area of 5,550 km2, and is bordered by in the west, in the north and northeast, and the country of in the south and southeast.
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  • Type: State with 770,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Suwayda”, “al-Suwayda”, “Al-Suwayda”, “al-Suwayda Governorate”, “As Suwayda”, “As Suwayda‘”, “As-Suwayda (Siria)”, “as-Suwayda Governorate”, “Gobernacion de Al Suwayda”, “Gobernación de Al Suwayda”, “Gobernacion de Al-Suwayda”, “Gobernación de Al-Suwayda”, “Gobernacion de As Suwayda”, “Gobernación de As Suwayda”, “Gobernacion de As-Suwayda”, “Gobernacion de Sueida”, “gouvernorat d’As-Suwayda”, “Kegubernuran Al-Suwayda”, “Süveyda İli”, “Süveyda Valiliği”, “Suwayda”, “Suweida Governorate”, “Suweyda”, “Suweyda (parêzgeh)”, “Sweida”, “Sweida Governorate”, “SY-SU”, “Tỉnh As-Suwayda”, “Вилояти Ас Суайда”, “Вилояти Ас Сууайда”, “Вилояти Сууайда”, “سویدا”, “अस-सुवेदा गवर्नरेट”, “அஸ் - சுவைதா கவர்னரேட்”, and “スウェイダー県”

Suwayda Governorate

Latitude
32.7387° or 32° 44′ 19″ north
Longitude
36.8999° or 36° 53′ 60″ east
Population
770,000
Elevation
1,176 metres (3,858 feet)
Open location code
8G4RPVQX+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13296425916
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
172410
Wiki­data ID
Q236797
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Suwayda Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አስ-ሱዋይዳ”
  • Arabic: “السويداء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة السويداء”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Սուեյդայի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación d’As-Suwayda”
  • Azerbaijani: “əs-Süveyda mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əs-Süveyda mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “As Suwayda eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Sweida eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Эс-Сувэйда”
  • Bengali: “আস-সুবায়দা গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Ас-Суейда”
  • Catalan: “governació d’As-Suwayda”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’As-Suwayda”
  • Cebuano: “As-Suwayda Governorate”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ئەلسووەیدا”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای سووەیدا”
  • Chinese: “苏韦达省”
  • Chinese: “蘇韋達省”
  • Croatian: “As-Suwayda”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Suvajda”
  • Croatian: “Pokrajina As-Suwayda”
  • Czech: “guvernorát Suvajda”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Suvajda”
  • Danish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Dutch: “As-Suwayda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة السويداء”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه السويداء”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio As-Suŭajda”
  • Finnish: “Al-Suwaydanin maakunta”
  • Finnish: “As-Suwaydan maakunta”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Soueïda”
  • French: “Soueïda”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de As-Suwayda”
  • Georgian: “ელ-სუვაიდის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement as-Suwaida”
  • Greek: “Ας Σουγουαΰντα”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ας Σουγουαΐντα”
  • Gujarati: “અસ-સુવેદા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “As-Suwayda”
  • Hebrew: “א-סווידא”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז א-סווידא”
  • Hindi: “अस-सुवैदा प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran As-Suwayda”
  • Italian: “governatorato di al-Suwayda”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di As-Suwayda”
  • Japanese: “スワイダー県”
  • Javanese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Kannada: “ಸುವೇದಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ас-Суайда”
  • Kirghiz: “Ас-Суайда”
  • Korean: “수와이다주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Siweydayê”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Suweydayê”
  • Latvian: “Suveidas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Suveidos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “As-Suwayda Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran As-Suwayda”
  • Marathi: “अस-सुवेडा गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “سویداء”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “As-Suwayda Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “As-Suwaida (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “As-Suwaida”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “as-Suwayda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “as-Suwayda guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “As-Suwayda guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “As-Suwayda”
  • Oromo: “As-Suwayda”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਸ-ਸੁਵੈਦਾ”
  • Persian: “استان سویدا”
  • Polish: “As-Suwajda”
  • Portuguese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Portuguese: “Sueida”
  • Pushto: “السويداء”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul As-Suwayda”
  • Russian: “Aс-Сувейда о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Мухафаза Эс-Сувейда”
  • Russian: “Эс-Сувайда”
  • Russian: “Эс-Сувейда”
  • Scots: “As-Suwayda Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Сувајда (покрајина)”
  • Serbian: “Сувајда”
  • Sindhi: “سويداء گورنريٽ”
  • Sinhala: “අස්-සුවේදා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Suvajda”
  • Somali: “As-Suwayda”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سویدا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de As-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Sueida”
  • Swahili: “As-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “As-Suwayda‘”
  • Swedish: “as-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Suvajdo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Сувайдо”
  • Tamil: “அஸ் - சுவைதா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “சுவைதா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tatar: “Ас-Суайда”
  • Telugu: “అస్-సువే డా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัสซุวัยดาอ์”
  • Turkish: “Süveyda”
  • Turkish: “Süveyde İli”
  • Ukrainian: “Ас-Сувайда”
  • Ukrainian: “Ес-Сувейда”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ السویداء”
  • Uzbek: “As-Suwayda”
  • Vietnamese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ السويداء”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇韋達 (省)”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇韋達”

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