Sasa ( ar, سعسع, also spelled Saasaa) is a town in southern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, administratively part of the
Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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near the
Golan Heights (
Quneitra Governorate). Nearby localities include
Kafr Hawr to the north,
Kanaker to the east,
Khan Arnabah to the southwest, and
Deir Maker
Deir Maker (Arabic: دير ماكر) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus S ...
to the south. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Sa'sa' had a population of 9,945 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. The town is also the administrative centre of—though not the
largest town in—the Sa'sa' ''
nahiyah'', which is made up of 17 towns having a combined population of 45,233.
References
Populated places in Qatana District
Towns in Syria
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