Masad, Suwayda

Masad
مصاد
Massad
Village
Masad is located in Syria
Masad
Masad
Coordinates: 32°41′45″N 36°36′5″E / 32.69583°N 36.60139°E / 32.69583; 36.60139
Grid position300/234
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSuwayda
SubdistrictSuwayda
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
4,585
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Masad (Arabic: مصاد, also spelled Massad) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 4,585.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.

Religious buildings

  • Maqam Baha al-Din (Druze Shrine)

See also

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-07-10.