Da'el

'''Da'el (, also spelled Da'il''') is a town in southern Syria located on the old road between Daraa and Damascus, located approximately 14 kilometers north of Daraa. Administratively, it belongs to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and is the center of the Da'el nahiyah ("subdistrict") which also includes one other town, Abtaa, to the immediate north. Other nearby localities include Tafas to the west, Ataman to the south, Khirbet al-Ghazaleh to the east, Namir and Qarfa to the northeast, al-Shaykh Maskin to the north and al-Shaykh Saad to the northwest.

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Place details

Locality: داعل
Region: محافظة درعا
Country: سوريا
Population: 29,408

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Da'el
Settlement.native_name: داعل
Settlement.image_skyline: Dael.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 200
Settlement.image_caption: Town Square of Da'el
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_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Daraa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Daraa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Da'el
Settlement.parts_type: Control

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Wikidata facts

Official name: داعل
Population: 55000
Elevation: 500
Image: Dael.jpg

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Commons category: Da'el
native label: داعل

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History
Ottoman period
Modern period
Civil war
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As of the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Da'el town was 29,408, while the Da'el subdistrict was 43,691. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim. The inhabitants are mainly involved in agriculture of grains (wheat, beans, olives, grapes, etc.) and expertise manpower in some Persian Gulf countries (UAE, KSA, Kuwait and Qatar).