Al-Ghuzlaniyah الغزلانية | |
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| Coordinates:33°23′55″N36°27′11″E / 33.39861°N 36.45306°E /33.39861; 36.45306 | |
| Country | |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
| District | Douma |
| Subdistrict | Al-Ghizlaniyah |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
• Total | 38,473 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Ghuzlaniyah (Arabic:الغزلانية) is a town in southernSyria, administratively part of theDouma District of theRif Dimashq Governorate, located east ofDamascus. Nearby localities includeKhirbet 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 andHarran al-Awamid,Sakka to the north,Deir al-Asafir andShabaa to the northwest. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Ghuzlaniyah had a population of 10,473 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Alanyanahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 13 localities with a collective population of 36,715 in 2004.[1]