Da'el
Sign in to save'''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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Key facts
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- Da'el
- Settlement.native_name
- داعل
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- Dael.jpg
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- 200
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- Town Square of Da'el
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- Syria
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- bottom
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- 250
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- Location in Syria
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- Country
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- Syria
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- Governorate
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- داعل
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Daraa Governorate
- Population
- +55000
- Elevation
- +500
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Dael.jpg
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Article
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- Ottoman period
- Modern period
- Civil war
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'''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.
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).