Al-Junaynah, Suwayda

Al-Junaynah () is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Junaynah had a population of 2,580 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted that inhabitants of el-Juneineh in Jebel Hauran were predominantly Druse.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Second appendix, B, p. 157 Religious buildings Maqam Yahya/John (Druze Shrine)

See also Druze in Syria

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