Al-Mushannaf
Sign in to saveAl-Mushannaf ( also spelled Mushennef) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located northeast of Suwayda. Nearby localities include Tarba to the north, Shahba and Salkhad to the northwest, Qanawat to the west and al-Kafr to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mushannaf had a population of 2,581 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the al-Mushannaf nahiyah of the Suwayda District consisting of 14 villages with a combined population of 17,134. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Al-Mushannaf
- Settlement.native_name
- المشنف
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- The Roman temple in al-Mushannaf
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- Syria
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- 250
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- Country
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- Syria
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- Governorate
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- Suwayda
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- District
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- Suwayda
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- Subdistrict
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- Mushannaf
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,581
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Al-Mushannaf ( also spelled Mushennef) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located northeast of Suwayda. Nearby localities include Tarba to the north, Shahba and Salkhad to the northwest, Qanawat to the west and al-Kafr to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mushannaf had a population of 2,581 in the 2004 census. The town is also the administrative center of the al-Mushannaf nahiyah of the Suwayda District consisting of 14 villages with a combined population of 17,134. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.
==History== Al-Mushannaf (ancient Nela or Nelkomia) was a part of the province of Syria under the Roman Empire on the borders with the province of Arabia Petraea.