Al-Qisa القيسا Qaysa |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°29′8″N 36°32′30″E / 33.48556°N 36.54167°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
District | Douma |
Subdistrict | Al-Nashabiyah |
Population (2004) | |
• 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.