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Kafr Shams
Kafr Shams
كفر شمس | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kafr Shams | |
| Coordinates: 33°7′N 36°7′E / 33.117°N 36.117°E | |
| Grid position | 253/280 PAL |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Al-Sanamayn |
| Subdistrict | Al-Sanamayn |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 12,435.[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kafr Shams (Arabic: كفر شمس, also spelled Kfar Shams or Kafr ash-Shams) is a small city in southern Syria administratively belonging to the Al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. It is 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) northwest of al-Sanamayn, just east of the Golan Heights and situated between Damascus and Daraa. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics Kafr Shams had a population of 12,435.[1]
- ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
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