Qanawat

Qanawat
قَنَوَات
Kanatha, Canatha
Qanawat
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 32°45′20″N 36°37′00″E / 32.75556°N 36.61667°E / 32.75556; 36.61667
Grid position301/240
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSuwayda
SubdistrictSuwayda
Elevation
1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
8,324
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Qanawat (Arabic: قَنَوَات, romanizedQanawāt) is a village in Syria, located 7 km north-east of Suwayda in the Jabal al-Druze region. It stands at an elevation of about 1,200 m, near a river and surrounded by woods. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qanawat had a population of 8,324 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly from the Druze community, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.