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Al-Suwaydāʾ

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Al-Suwaydāʾ, town, southern Syria. It is situated at the eastern margin of the Ḥawrān region in the foothills of Al-Durūz Mountains. Believed to have been founded by the Nabataeans in the 1st century bc, it came under Roman rule in the 1st century ad. By the 5th century it was the seat of a bishopric. Al-Suwaydāʾ is now a local agricultural market centre. It has ruins of a 3rd-century Roman temple and a 5th-century Byzantine church.

Most of the area surrounding Al-Suwaydāʾ is sparsely populated and of little economic value. Pop. (2003 est.) 56,089.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Laura Etheredge.