Al-Sanamayn

Al-Sanamayn ٱلصَّنَمَيْن Sunamein Sanamain
City
Al-Sanamein
The remains of the 2nd-century Roman temple of Tyche in al-Sanamayn, 2008
Al-Sanamayn Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°04′16″N 36°11′3″E / 33.07111°N 36.18417°E / 33.07111; 36.18417
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.^[1]

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.^[2] The city's inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.^[3] Al-Sanamayn has an altitude of 640 metres (2,100 feet).