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Suwayda

city in Syria
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Summary

Suwayda is a city[1]. Suwayda ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: البخشان[3]
  • Country: Syria[4]
  • Instance of: archaeological site[5], populated place in Syria[6]
  • Commons category: As-Suwayda[7]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[8]
  • Local dialing code: 16[9]
  • Population: 64,730[10]
  • Official name: السويداء[11]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in as-Suwayda[12]
  • Native label: السويداء[13]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from as-Suwayda[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1025 m[15]

Why It Matters

Suwayda has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Suwayda is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

city Syria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 17w ago · Plantist · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'السويداء'}
    Commons category → —
    Elevation above sea level → —
    Gns unique feature id → -2539498
    + 75 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Operating area: Alto Adige, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780988240167"
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