Al-Ghizlaniyah

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Al-Ghuzlaniyah
الغزلانية
Town
Al-Ghuzlaniyah is located in Syria
Al-Ghuzlaniyah
Al-Ghuzlaniyah
Coordinates: 33°23′55″N 36°27′11″E / 33.39861°N 36.45306°E / 33.39861; 36.45306
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictDouma
SubdistrictAl-Ghizlaniyah
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total38,473
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Ghuzlaniyah (Arabic: الغزلانية) is small City in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Nearby localities include Khirbet al-Ward to the west, al-Adiliyah to the southwest, Burraq to the south, al-Hayjanah to the southeast, Judaydat al-Khas to the east, Ghasulah and Harran al-Awamid, Sakka to the north, Deir al-Asafir and Shabaa to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Ghuzlaniyah had a population of 10,473 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Alanya nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 13 localities with a collective population of 36,715 in 2004.[1]

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