Jdeidat al-Wadi

Jdeidat al-Wadi
جديدة الوادي
Village
Jdeidat al-Wadi is located in Syria
Jdeidat al-Wadi
Jdeidat al-Wadi
Coordinates: 33°34′06″N 36°11′22″E / 33.568218°N 36.1895°E / 33.568218; 36.1895
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQudsaya District
NahiyahQudsaya
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
5,227
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Jdeidat al-Wadi or Jdeidat Wadi Barada (Arabic: جديدة الوادي or جديدة وادي بردى) is a village adjacent to the town of Qudsaya and just north of the Mezzeh district of Damascus in Syria. The village is administratively part of the Qudsaya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Nearby localities include al-Hamah to the east, Ashrafiyat al-Wadi to the north, the affluent suburbs of al-Sabboura and Yaafour to the west and Dahiyat Qudsaya to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jdeidat al-Wadi had a population of 5,227 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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