Ash-Shaykh Miskin
ash-Shaykh Miskin
الشيخ مسكين al-Sheikh Miskin | |
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ash-Shaykh Miskin, Nov. 2012 | |
ash-Shaykh Miskin | |
| Coordinates: 32°49′42″N 36°9′31.5″E / 32.82833°N 36.158750°E | |
| Grid position | 258/248 PAL |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Shaykh Miskin |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 24,057 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ash-Shaykh Miskin (Arabic: الشيخ مسكين, romanized: Al-Sheikh Meskīn, also spelled Sheikh Miskin or Sheikh Meskin) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located north of Daraa. Nearby localities include Ibta' and Da'el to the south, Khirbet al-Ghazaleh to the southeast, Izraa to the northeast, Nawa to the northwest and ash-Shaykh Saad to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), ash-Shaykh Miskin had a population of 24,057 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of six localities with a combined population of 34,370 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.