Al-Sanamayn
Al-Sanamayn
ٱلصَّنَمَيْن Sunamein Sanamain | |
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| Al-Sanamein | |
The remains of the 2nd-century Roman temple of Tyche in al-Sanamayn, 2008 | |
| Coordinates: 33°04′16″N 36°11′3″E / 33.07111°N 36.18417°E | |
| Grid position | 260/275 PAL |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Al-Sanamayn |
| Subdistrict | Al-Sanamayn |
| Control | Syrian transitional government |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 26,268 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Al-Sanamayn (Arabic: ٱلصَّنَمَيْن, romanized: aṣ-Ṣanamayn, also spelled Sanamein, Sanamain, Sunamein) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate and the center of al-Sanamayn District. It is located 55 kilometres (34 miles) north of Daraa and 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Damascus. Nearby localities include Kafr Shams to the northwest, Deir al-Bukht to the north, Jabab to the northeast, Bassir to the east, Tubna to the southeast, Inkhil to the southwest and Qayta to the west.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sanamayn had a population of 26,268 in the 2004 census. In addition to being capital of the al-Sanamayn District, the city is also the administrative center and second largest locality of the al-Sanamayn nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of 16 localities with a collective population of 113,316 in 2004. The city's inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. Al-Sanamayn has an altitude of 640 metres (2,100 feet).
The city is administratively affiliated with many cities and towns such as Inkhil in the southwest, Qayta, Al-Hara and Aqraba in the west, Kafr Shams and Deir Al-Adas in the northwest, Kafr Nasij and Deir Al-Bakht in the north, Ghabagheb, Jabab and Muthabin in the northeast, Basir in the east, Khabab and Tubna in the southeast and Al-Qaniya in the south.