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Suwayda Governorate

Sweida 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 Rif Dimashq governorate 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 Governorate”, “As-Suwayda Governorate”, “Suwayda”, “Suweida Governorate”, “Sweida”, and “Sweida Governorate”

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 Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Suwayda Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السويداء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة السويداء”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Սուեյդայի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “As-Suwayda (Siria)”
  • Asturian: “As-Suwayda”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación d’As-Suwayda”
  • Azerbaijani: “əs-Süveyda mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əs-Süveyda mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “As Suwayda eskualdea”
  • Basque: “As Suwayda‘”
  • Basque: “As Suwayda”
  • 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: “As-Suwayda Séng”
  • Chinese: “苏韦达省”
  • Chinese: “蘇韋達”
  • 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”
  • 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 d’As-Suwayda”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Soueïda”
  • French: “Suweyda”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de As-Suwayda”
  • Georgian: “ელ-სუვაიდის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “As-Suwaida”
  • German: “Gouvernement as-Suwaida”
  • German: “SY-SU”
  • Greek: “Ας Σουγουαΰντα”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ας Σουγουαΐντα”
  • Gujarati: “અસ-સુવેદા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “א-סווידא”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז א-סווידא”
  • Hindi: “अस-सुवेदा गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “अस-सुवैदा प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Suwayda”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran As-Suwayda”
  • Italian: “governatorato di al-Suwayda”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di As-Suwayda”
  • Japanese: “スウェイダー県”
  • Japanese: “スワイダー県”
  • Kannada: “ಸುವೇದಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “수와이다주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Siweydayê”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Suweydayê”
  • Kurdish: “Suweyda (parêzgeh)”
  • 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”
  • Persian: “استان سویدا”
  • Persian: “سویدا”
  • Persian: “سویداء”
  • Polish: “As-Suwajda”
  • Portuguese: “As Suwayda”
  • Portuguese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Portuguese: “Sueida”
  • 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”
  • Sinhala: “අස්-සුවේදා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Suvajda”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سویدا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Al Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Al Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Al Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Al-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Al-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de As Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de As Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de As-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de As-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Sueida”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Sueida”
  • Swedish: “al-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “As-Suwayda‘”
  • Swedish: “as-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Suvajdo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ас Суайда”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ас Сууайда”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Сувайдо”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Сууайда”
  • Tamil: “அஸ் - சுவைதா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “அஸ் - சுவைதா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “சுவைதா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Telugu: “అస్-సువే డా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัสซุวัยดาอ์”
  • Turkish: “Süveyda (il)”
  • Turkish: “Süveyda İli”
  • Turkish: “Süveyda Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Süveyda”
  • Turkish: “Süveyde İli”
  • Ukrainian: “Ас-Сувайда”
  • Ukrainian: “Ес-Сувейда”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ السویداء”
  • Vietnamese: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Vietnamese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh As-Suwayda”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ السويداء”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇韋達 (省)”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇韋達”

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