As-Suwayda

Suwayda, also spelled Sweida, is a city located in southern , close to the border with Jordan. It is a Druze-majority city, with small Christian and Sunni Muslim Bedouin minorities.
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  • Type: City with 73,600 residents
  • Description: city in Syria
  • Also known as: “Al-Suwayda”, “Al-Suwaydā’”, “As-Suweida”, “Suwayda”, “Suweida”, “Swaida”, and “Sweida”

As-Suwayda

Latitude
32.7094° or 32° 42′ 34″ north
Longitude
36.5688° or 36° 34′ 8″ east
Population
73,600
Elevation
1,068 metres (3,504 feet)
IATA airport code
QSW
United Nations Location Code
SY QSW
Open location code
8G4RPH59+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567054854
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
172408
Wiki­data ID
Q311099
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“As-Suwayda” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አስ-ሱዋይዳ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Διονῡσιάς”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σουάδα”
  • Arabic: “السويداء”
  • Arabic: “مدينة السويداء”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Սուեյդա”
  • Asturian: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əs-Süveyda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Süveyda”
  • Basque: “As-Suwayda”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Сувэйда”
  • Belarusian: “Эс-Сувэйда”
  • Bengali: “আল-সুবায়দা”
  • Bengali: “আস-সুওয়াইদা”
  • Catalan: “As-Suwayda”
  • Cebuano: “As Suwaydā‘”
  • Cebuano: “As Suwaydā’”
  • Central Kurdish: “سووەیدا”
  • Chinese: “苏韦达”
  • Chinese: “蘇韋達”
  • Croatian: “Suvajda”
  • Czech: “Suvajda”
  • Danish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Dutch: “As-Suwayda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السويداء”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دولة البخشان بني معلوف”
  • Esperanto: “As-Suŭajda”
  • Esperanto: “Suŭajda”
  • Finnish: “as-Suwayda”
  • Finnish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Finnish: “Suwayda”
  • Finnish: “Sweida”
  • French: “As-Suwaida”
  • French: “As-Suwayda”
  • French: “Soueïda”
  • Georgian: “ელ-სუვაიდა”
  • German: “as-Suwaida”
  • German: “As-Suwaida”
  • German: “as-Suweida”
  • German: “Suweida”
  • Greek: “Ας Σουγουαΐντα”
  • Greek: “Ας Σουγουαΰντα”
  • Gujarati: “અલ-સુવેદા”
  • Hausa: “As-Suwayda”
  • Hebrew: “א-סווידא”
  • Hebrew: “א-סוידא”
  • Hebrew: “אלסוידאא‘”
  • Hindi: “अल-सुवेदा”
  • Hindi: “अस-सुवयदा”
  • Hindi: “अस-सुवैदा”
  • Hungarian: “Szuvajdá”
  • Icelandic: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Indonesian: “As-Suwayda”
  • Italian: “As-Suwayda”
  • Japanese: “アス=スワイダ”
  • Japanese: “スワイダー”
  • Javanese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್-ಸೂವೇಡಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Сувейда”
  • Kirghiz: “Сувейда”
  • Korean: “수와이다”
  • Kurdish: “Siweyda”
  • Latvian: “Suveida”
  • Lithuanian: “Es Suveida”
  • Lithuanian: “Suveida”
  • Malay: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Malay: “As-Suwayda”
  • Marathi: “अल-सुवेदा”
  • Mazanderani: “سویداء”
  • Mingrelian: “ელ-სუვაიდა”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “دولة البخشان”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “دولة الباشان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “As-Suwayda”
  • Norwegian: “As Suwaydah”
  • Norwegian: “As-Suwayda”
  • Oromo: “As-Suwayda”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਸ-ਸੁਵੈਦਾ”
  • Persian: “سویدا”
  • Persian: “سویداء”
  • Polish: “As-Suwajda”
  • Polish: “Suwajda”
  • Portuguese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Portuguese: “Sueida”
  • Portuguese: “Sweida”
  • Pushto: “السويداء”
  • Russian: “Ас-Сувейда”
  • Russian: “Сувейда”
  • Russian: “Эс-Сувайда”
  • Russian: “Эс-Сувейда”
  • Scots: “As-Suwayda”
  • Serbian: “Сувајда”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al-Suvajda”
  • Silesian: “As-Suwajda”
  • Sinhala: “අල් -සුවේදා”
  • Slovenian: “Suvajda”
  • Somali: “As-Suwayda”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سویدا”
  • Spanish: “As Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Sueida”
  • Spanish: “Suwayda”
  • Spanish: “Sweida”
  • Swahili: “As-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “al-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “as-Suwayda”
  • Swedish: “As-Suwayda”
  • Tajik: “Suvajdo”
  • Tajik: “Сувайдо”
  • Tajik: “Сувейда”
  • Tamil: “அல் -சுவாயடா”
  • Tatar: “Сувейда”
  • Telugu: “అల్ సువాడ”
  • Thai: “อัสซุวัยดาอ์”
  • Turkish: “Süveyda”
  • Uighur: “سۇۋەيدا”
  • Ukrainian: “Ас-Сувейда”
  • Ukrainian: “Ес-Сувейда”
  • Ukrainian: “Ес-Сувейді”
  • Urdu: “السويداء”
  • Urdu: “السویداء”
  • Uzbek: “Suvaida”
  • Uzbek: “Suvaydo”
  • Vietnamese: “Al-Suwayda”
  • Vietnamese: “As-Suwayda”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուէյտա”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇韋達”

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