Al-Ushayib
Al-Ushayib
اشهيب الشمالي Ushayib ash-Shamali | |
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Village | |
  Al-Ushayib | |
| Coordinates: 33°04′54″N 36°40′36″E / 33.08167°N 36.67667°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Sawra as-Saghira |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,262 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Ushayib (Arabic: الاشهيب) is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Ushayib had a population of 1,262 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim Bedouins.[2]
Bedouin villages near al-Ushayib: Shinwan, al-Asfar, al-Muftara, as-Saqiyah, Banat Baeir, Siret Alya, Tall Ushayib, Rajm Dawlah, al-Qasr, Haytalah, Abu Harat and Khirbet Umm Atayiq.
The Bedouin villages were formerly strongholds of the Islamic State in the Suwayda Governorate.
References
[edit]- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ السويداء (PDF). sl-center (in Arabic). sl-center. 2025-08-22. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
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