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Al-Kiswah
Sign in to saveAl-Kiswah ( ' also spelled Kissoué/Kiswe''') is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located approximately south of Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad.
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Place details
- Locality
- الكسوة
- Region
- محافظة ريف دمشق
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 23,526
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Al-Kiswah
- Settlement.other_name
- KissouéKiswe
- Settlement.native_name
- الكسوة
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Al Kiswah - 2ol-albalad.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Al-Kiswe town center
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Kiswe city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rif Dimashq
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Markaz Rif Dimashq
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- al-Kiswah
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Al-Kisweh Subdistrict
- Elevation
- 730
- Image
- Al Kiswah - 2ol-albalad.jpg
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- Kiswe
- P12749
- Bad Laasphe
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Landmarks
- History
- Battle of Marj al-Saffur
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Kiswah ( ' also spelled Kissoué/Kiswe''') is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located approximately south of Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad.
Administratively, Al-Kiswah belongs to Markaz Rif Dimashq district. It is one of the largest towns of the district by terms of population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Kiswah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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