Sahl Şaydnāyā
Sahl Şaydnāyā is a plain in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria and has an elevation of 1,303 metres. Sahl Şaydnāyā is situated nearby to the town Saidnaya, as well as near the locality Ma‘arrat Şaydnāyā.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sednaya Prison and Aqua Fresca.
Sednaya Prison
Prison
Sednaya Prison, also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse", was a Syrian military prison and death camp that the Assad regime operated near Damascus from 1986 until the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives.
Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Soman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Our Lady of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria. It is one of the most ancient monasteries in the world and in the region of the Middle East and North Africa, traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 547 AD. Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Sahl Şaydnāyā.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saidnaya and Al-Tall.
Saidnaya
Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saidnaya, also transliterated as Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m above sea level, 27 km north of the city of Damascus in Syria. Saidnaya is situated 3 km northeast of Sahl Şaydnāyā.
Al-Tall
Town
Al-Tall is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate and capital of the al-Tall District. Situated in the middle of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, having an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters above sea level. Al-Tall is situated 9 km south of Sahl Şaydnāyā.
Hefeir at-Tahta
Village
Hufayr al-Tahta is a Syrian village located in the Douma District of Rif Dimashq. Hufayr al-Tahta had a population of 3,688 as per the 2004 census. Hefeir at-Tahta is situated 9 km east of Sahl Şaydnāyā.
Sahl Şaydnāyā
- Type: Plain
- Also known as: “Sahl Saydnaya”
- Category: landform
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.67954° or 33° 40′ 46″ northLongitude
36.34694° or 36° 20′ 49″ eastElevation
1,303 metres (4,275 feet)Open location code
8G5RM8HW+RQGeoNames ID
8021120
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In Other Languages
“Sahl Şaydnāyā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سهل صيضنايا”
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