Sumayd

Sumayd صميد Smeid
Village
Sumayd
Coordinates: 32°56′46″N 36°30′54″E / 32.94611°N 36.51500°E / 32.94611; 36.51500
Country	Syria
Governorate	Suwayda
District	Shahba
Subdistrict	Ariqah
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	853
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Sumayd (Arabic: صميد) is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sumayd had a population of 853 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.^[2]

Religious buildings

• Maqam al-Khidr (Druze Shrine)

See also

• Druze in Syria

References

1. 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)
2. "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.