Sednaya Prison

Sednaya Prison, nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse", was a military prison and death camp in the suburbs of , . Operated by Ba'athist Syria, prisoners included civilian detainees, anti-government rebels, and political prisoners.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: Syrian military jail, near Damascus
  • Also known as: Saydnaya Prison” and “Sednaya military prison

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aqua Fresca.

Water park
is a water park, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Sednaya Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saidnaya and Al-Tall.

Town
, 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 in . is situated 5 km northeast of Sednaya Prison.

Town
is a city in southern , administratively part of the and capital of the . Situated in the middle of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, having an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters above sea level. is situated 6 km south of Sednaya Prison.

Town
is a suburb in southern Syria, administratively part of the , located northeast of , near in Eastern Ghouta. Formerly, it was known as Dahiyat al-Assad. is situated 10 km south of Sednaya Prison.

Sednaya Prison

Latitude
33.66474° or 33° 39′ 53″ north
Longitude
36.32978° or 36° 19′ 47″ east
Elevation
1,321 metres (4,334 feet)
Open location code
8G5RM87H+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 144825512
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Geo­Names ID
11467734
Wiki­data ID
Q12215498
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sednaya Prison” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سجن صيدنايا
  • Armenian: Սեյդնայայի բանտ
  • Azerbaijani: Sednaya həbsxanası
  • Belarusian: Сэдная
  • Bengali: সেদনায়া কারাগার
  • Breton: Toull-bac’h Saidnaya
  • Catalan: presó de Sednaya
  • Catalan: Presó de Sednaya
  • Central Kurdish: زیندانی سەیدنایە
  • Chinese: 赛德纳亚监狱
  • Czech: Věznice Sajdnájá
  • Danish: Saidnayafængslet
  • Dutch: Sednayagevangenis
  • Esperanto: malliberejo Sednaja
  • Finnish: Saidnayan vankila
  • French: prison de Saidnaya
  • French: Prison de Saidnaya
  • French: prison militaire de Saidnaya
  • German: Gefängnis Saidnaya
  • German: Militärgefängnis Saidnaya
  • Hebrew: כלא סיידנאיא
  • Hebrew: כלא סיידנאייא
  • Ido: Karcero di Sednaya
  • Indonesian: Penjara Sednaya
  • Japanese: サイドナヤ刑務所
  • Korean: 세드나야 교도소
  • Kurdish: Girtîgeha Sêdnayayê
  • Kurdish: Zîndana Seydnayayê
  • Lithuanian: Saidnajos kalėjimas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saidnayafengselet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Saidnayafengselet
  • Norwegian: Saidnayafengselet
  • Persian: زندان صیدنایا
  • Polish: Więzienie w Sajdnaja
  • Portuguese: Prisão de Sednaya
  • Pushto: صیدنایا زندان
  • Russian: тюрьма Сайданайи
  • Russian: Тюрьма Седная
  • Russian: Человеческая бойня
  • Spanish: Prisión de Saydnaya
  • Spanish: Prisión de Sednaya
  • Spanish: Prisión militar de Saydnaya
  • Swedish: Saidnayafängelset
  • Swedish: Saydnayafängelset
  • Swiss German: Gefängnis Saidnaya
  • Swiss German: Militärgefängnis Saidnaya
  • Turkish: Sednaya askerî hapishanesi
  • Turkish: Sednaya Hapishanesi
  • Ukrainian: В’язниця Седная
  • Ukrainian: Тюрма Седная
  • Urdu: صیدنایا جیل
  • Urdu: صیدنایا قید خانہ

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