Otaybah ( ar, قرية العتيبة, sometimes spelled Ataybah, Uteibah, Ateibeh, al-Utayba, al-Otaiba or al-Atebeh) is a village in eastern
Ghouta,
Syria, east of
Damascus city center. The village is administratively a part of the
Douma District in 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 ...
.
Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport ( ar, مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, Maṭār Dimašq ad-Duwaliyy) is the international airport of Damascus, the capital of Syria. Inaugurated in the mid-1970s, it also was the country's busie ...
is located southwest of Otaybah.
According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Otaybah had a population of 10,548 people in the 2004 census.
References
Populated places in Douma District
Cities in Syria
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