Al-Shafuniyah
بلدية الشفونية-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: Village with 2,950 residents
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Al-Shifuniyah”, “Ash Shaffuniyah”, “Ash Shaffūnīyah”, “Ash-Shafuniye”, “Chaffounyé”, “Chafoûniyé”, “Ech Chafoûnîyé”, “Shaffūnīyah”, and “Shafuniyeh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adra Prison.
Adra Prison
Prison
Adra Prison is 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 Ar-Reihan and Hosh ad-Dawahre.
Ar-Reihan
Village
Al-Rihan also spelled Ar-Rayhan, is a Syrian village located in the Douma District of Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Al-Rihan had a population of 4,099 in the 2004 census.
Hosh ad-Dawahre
Village
Hawsh al-Dawahira is a Syrian village located in Douma District. Hawsh al-Dawahira had a population of 3,415 in the 2004 census.
Hosh Nasri
Village
Hawsh Nasri is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Rif Dimashq to the northwest of the Al-Nashabiyah nahiyah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hawsh Nasri had a population of 2,459 in the 2004 census. Hosh Nasri is situated 3 km east of Al-Shafuniyah.
Al-Shafuniyah
- Categories: populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.55735° or 33° 33′ 27″ northLongitude
36.4392° or 36° 26′ 21″ eastPopulation
2,950Elevation
630 metres (2,067 feet)Open location code
8G5RHC4Q+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 567114985OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
172833Wikidata ID
Q12189033
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Al-Shafuniyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشفونية”
- Arabic: “شفونية”
- Dutch: “Asz-Szaffunijja”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشفونيه”
- French: “Ach-Chafunié”
- German: “asch-Schafunije”
- Hebrew: “א-שפוניה”
- Japanese: “アッ゠シャフニエ”
- Korean: “아쌰푸니예”
- Persian: “الشفونیه”
- Polish: “Asz-Szaffunijja”
- Russian: “Аш-Шафунийе”
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