Al-Qisa

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Al-Qisa
القيسا
Qaysa
Village
Al-Qisa is located in Syria
Al-Qisa
Al-Qisa
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Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq
District Douma
Subdistrict Al-Nashabiyah
Population (2004)[1]
 • Total 4,151
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Al-Qisa (Arabic: القيسا‎‎, also spelled Qaysa) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southeast of Damascus. Nearby localities include Harran al-Awamid to the south, al-Atibah to the east, al-Abadah to the northeast, al-Jarba to the north, al-Qasimiyah to the northwest, al-Bilaliyah and Deir Salman to the west and al-Ahmadiyah to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qisa had a population of 4,151 in the 2004 census.[1]

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