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1301:al-Shurayhi
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1111:al-Mujaymer
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915:Subdistrict
899:al-Rudaymah
889:al-Junayneh
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708:Subdistrict
428:(in Arabic)
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158:Subdistrict
134:Governorate
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1616:Categories
1563:al-Huwayya
1548:Abu Zurayq
1442:Al-Qurayya
1388:al-Mashquq
1271:al-Ajaylat
1261:al-Ghaydah
1191:al-Duwayri
1156:al-Tha'lah
1131:Rimat Hazm
1039:Al-Suwayda
979:al-Ushayib
949:Khalkhalah
769:Umm Dubayb
744:al-Matunah
550:0691002541
535:Batatu, H.
405:References
272:al-Suwayda
167:Population
162:as-Suwayda
151:as-Suwayda
139:as-Suwayda
80:36°34′42″E
77:32°47′34″N
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1558:al-Harisi
1448:al-Afinah
1408:al-Rafqah
1378:al-Karbis
1316:Umm Riwaq
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1240:Mushannaf
1201:al-Majdal
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819:al-Kharsa
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606:. BRILL.
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537:(1999).
361:In 1838
146:District
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734:Majadel
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397:and an
391:pronaos
356:Ottoman
337:Bedouin
316:Ottoman
314:in the
304:Selaema
298:History
288:Qanawat
114:Country
108:297/245
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1071:Jubayb
1061:Hibran
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824:Lubayn
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