Al-Sabinah

Al-Sabinah (Arabic: السبينة) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus in the western Ghouta. Nearby localities include Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Darayya, Muadamiyat al-Sham, Sayyidah Zaynab, al-Hajar al-Aswad. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Sabinah had a population of 62,509 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Al-Sabinah السبينة
Village
Al-Sabinah
Coordinates: 33°26′2″N 36°17′8″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
District	Markaz Rif Dimashq
Nahiyah	Babbila
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	62,509
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Sabinah camp, a Palestinian refugee camp, was established beside the town in 1948.^[2]