درعا

Also known as Dar‘ā

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Daraa is a city in Syria, serving as the capital of both Daraa District and Daraa Governorate. Situated within Dar'a Subdistrict, the city has a population of 107,500. Its official language is Arabic, and it operates in the UTC+02:00 time zone. The local dialing code is 15.

The city is located at an elevation of 435 meters above sea level. A significant historical event associated with the location is the Siege of Daraa. Daraa is described in sources including the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, and Pauly–Wissowa.

Synthesized by Vinony from 47 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: درعا
Region: محافظة درعا
Country: سوريا
Population: 97,969
Timezone: Asia/Damascus

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Air quality

30US AQIGood

PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³
PM10: 10.6 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Daraa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: الحي الشرقي - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Daraa in 2008
Settlement.pushpin_map: 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: Daraa
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2004 census
Settlement.population_total: 97,969
Settlement.timezone: AST

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Wikidata facts

Official name: درعا
Country: Syria
Located in: Dar'a Subdistrict
Official language: Arabic
Population: 107500
Elevation: 435
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Official website: www.esyria.sy/edaraa
Image: الحي الشرقي - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 15
Significant event: Siege of Daraa

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Commons category: Daraa
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
native label: درعا
P12749: Eider

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درعا