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Al-Qisa
القيسا
Qaysa
Village
Al-Qisa is located in Syria
Al-Qisa
Al-Qisa
Coordinates: 33°29′8″N 36°32′30″E / 33.48556°N 36.54167°E / 33.48556; 36.54167
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictDouma
SubdistrictAl-Nashabiyah
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total4,151
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

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, Otaybah 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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