Beit Sahem (Arabic: بيت سحم, also spelled Bayt Sahm or Beit Sahm) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located Damascus's southeastern outskirts. Nearby localities include Babbila to the west, Jaramana to the north, Aqraba east and Sayyidah Zaynab to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Beit Sahem had a population of 15,667 in the 2004 census.[1]
Beit Sahem
بيت سحم Bayt Sahm | |
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Village | |
  Beit Sahem | |
| Coordinates: 33°28′24″N 36°20′14″E / 33.47333°N 36.33722°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
| District | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| Subdistrict | Babbila |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 15,667 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
References
edit- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)