Shahba
Shahba
شَهْبَا Philippopolis | |
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The Philippeion, a memorial monument | |
Shahba Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°51′15″N 36°37′45″E / 32.85417°N 36.62917°E | |
| Grid position | 302/251 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Shahba |
| Population (2004 Census) | |
• Total | 13,660 |
| Time zone | EEST |
Shahba (Arabic: شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located 87 km (54 mi) south of Damascus in the Jabal al-Druze in Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis (in Arabia), the city was the seat of a Bishopric (see below), which remains a Latin titular see. The city had a population of 13,660 in the 2004 census. In Shahba, Druze make up the predominant population, while Christians and Sunni Muslim Bedouins represent a minority.