Sahnaya

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Sahnaya
صحنايا
Town
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Sahnaya (

Ghouta with a majority Druze community, along with Jaramana, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya and Deir Ali.[2]

History

Sahnaya's residents are predominantly

Greek Orthodox. The cavern of St. Paul near the town was supposedly the hiding place of Paul the Apostle when he was pursued in Damascus.[3]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Sahnaya as being located in the Wady el-'Ajam, and being populated with Druze and "Greek" Christians.[4]

A former

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Argentina, Malatios Alsweti
, comes from Sahnaya. The town is also known for its old olive trees, some of which are around 500 years old.

Until the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, Sahnaya was home to the main campus of the Little Village private school.[5]

Geography and population

Sahnaya has a rural population and a hot climate. Most houses are simple; they are mostly made of cement because it is located in

Sunni Muslims
. The town has a church named after
Saint Elijah and a Druze
majlis (religious council).

Climate

In Sahnaya, there is a local steppe climate. Rainfall is higher in winter than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BSk. The average annual temperature in Sahnaya is 17.0 °C (62.6 °F). About 217 mm (8.54 in) of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Sahnaya
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 12.1
(53.8) 		13.9
(57.0) 		17.7
(63.9) 		22.6
(72.7) 		28.4
(83.1) 		33.1
(91.6) 		35.2
(95.4) 		35.6
(96.1) 		31.9
(89.4) 		27.0
(80.6) 		20.0
(68.0) 		14.3
(57.7) 		24.3
(75.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.3
(36.1) 		3.0
(37.4) 		5.3
(41.5) 		8.4
(47.1) 		12.1
(53.8) 		15.4
(59.7) 		16.9
(62.4) 		17.2
(63.0) 		14.5
(58.1) 		11.5
(52.7) 		7.2
(45.0) 		4.1
(39.4) 		9.8
(49.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 49
(1.9) 		39
(1.5) 		26
(1.0) 		13
(0.5) 		8
(0.3) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		8
(0.3) 		29
(1.1) 		45
(1.8) 		217
(8.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data

References

  1. ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ISBN 9004094377
    .
  3. ^ Burckhard, 1822, p. 48.
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 148
  5. ^ https://lvs-sy.com/index.php/en/

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