Qanawat

Qanawat
قَنَوَات
Qanawat is located in Syria
Qanawat
Qanawat
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 32°45′20″N 36°37′00″E / 32.75556°N 36.61667°E / 32.75556; 36.61667
Grid position301/240
Country Syria
Governorateas-Suwayda
Districtas-Suwayda
Subdistrictas-Suwayda
Elevation
1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total8,324
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Qanawat (Arabic: قَنَوَات, romanizedQanawāt) is a village in Syria, located 7 km north-east of al-Suwayda. It stands at an elevation of about 1,200 m, near a river and surrounded by woods. Its inhabitants are entirely from the Druze community.[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qanawat had a population of 8,324 in the 2004 census.[2]

  1. ^ Betts, 2010, p. 22.
  2. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.

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