Samad, Syria
Samad
صماد | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′34″N 36°31′16″E / 32.47611°N 36.52111°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Daraa |
| Subdistrict | Bosra al-Sham |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 3,098 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Samad (Arabic: صماد; transliteration: Ṣamād, also spelled Smad) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa and immediately southeast of Bosra. Other nearby localities include al-Qurayya to the northeast, Hout to the east and Dhibin to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Samad had a population of 3,098 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim.