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Ashrafiyat al-Wadi ( ar, أشرفية الوادي) is a village adjacent to the town of
Qudsaya Qudsaya ( ar, قدسيا, Qudsayā) is a Syrian city in Rif Dimashq Governorate and the administrative centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of Mount Qasioun, 7 km west of Damascus. According to the Syria Centr ...
and just north of the
Mezzeh Mezzeh ( ar, ٱلْمَزَّة, al-Mazzah, also transcribed as al-Mazzah, el-Mezze, etc.) is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, due west of Kafr Sousa. It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mezzeh highway (also known as Fayez ...
district of
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in
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. The village is administratively part of the
Qudsaya District Qudsaya District ( ar-at, منطقة قدسيا, mantiqah, manṭiqat Qudsaya) is a Districts of Syria, district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Qudsaya District is located to the northwest of the Damascus Governorate and Mount ...
of the
Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the c ...
in southern
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. Nearby localities include
al-Hamah Al-Hamah ( ar, الهامة; also spelled al-Hameh) is a village on the Barada river in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq Governorate, Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) in southern Syria. It is west of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Damascus c ...
to the east, the affluent suburbs of
al-Sabboura Al-Sabboura ( ar, الصبورة) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Sub ...
and
Yaafour Yaafour (Arabic: يعفور) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) i ...
to the west and
Dahiyat Qudsaya Dahiyat Qudsaya ( ar, ضاحية قدسيا السكنية الجديدة, lit=Qudsaya Modern Residential Suburb) is a modern suburb adjacent to the town of Qudsaya and just north of the Mezzeh district of Damascus in Syria. The village is admini ...
and
Jdeidat al-Wadi Jdeidat al-Wadi or Jdeidat Wadi Barada ( ar, جديدة الوادي or جديدة وادي بردى) is a village adjacent to the town of Qudsaya and just north of the Mezzeh district of Damascus in Syria. The village is administratively part of ...
to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ashrafiyat al-Wadi had a population of 2,101 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.
Its inhabitants are predominantly
Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...
s.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
147
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* Populated places in Qudsaya District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub