Al-Shafuniyah
Al-Shafuniyah also spelled Al-Shifuniyah and Shafuniyeh, is a Syrian village located in the Douma District of Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Al-Shafuniyah had a population of 2,953 in the 2004 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Al-Shifuniyah”, “Ash Shaffuniyah”, “Ash Shaffūnīyah”, “Chaffounyé”, “Chafoûniyé”, “Ech Chafoûnîyé”, “Shaffūnīyah”, and “Shafuniyeh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adra Prison.
Adra Prison
Prison
Adra Prison was a prison in Syria, on the northeast outskirts of Damascus. Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers. Adra Prison is situated 4 km north of Al-Shafuniyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Sawa and Al-Nashabiyah.
Beit Sawa
Town
Beit Sawa is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located just east of Damascus. Beit Sawa is situated 4½ km southwest of Al-Shafuniyah.
Al-Nashabiyah
Town
Al-Nashabiyah is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located 19 kilometers east of Damascus city. Situated in the fertile Ghouta region, nearby localities include Beit Nayim and Outaya to the west, Marj al-Sultan… Al-Nashabiyah is situated 7 km southeast of Al-Shafuniyah.
Irbin
Town
Arbin is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located just east of Jobar neighborhood of Damascus. Irbin is situated 7 km west of Al-Shafuniyah.
Al-Shafuniyah
- Categories: village and populated place in Syria
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Al-Shafuniyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشفونية”
- Arabic: “شفونية”
- Dutch: “Asz-Szaffunijja”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشفونيه”
- Persian: “الشفونیه”
- Polish: “Asz-Szaffunijja”
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