Al-Ghariyah ash-Sharqiyah


Al-Ghariyah ash-Sharqiyah also known as Eastern Ghariyah is a town in the Daraa District in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 11,945 in the 2004 census.

Geography

Al-Ghariyah ash-Sharqiyah is located at latitude 32.6782, longitude 36.2581. It has an altitude of 1994ft.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as el-Ghureiyeh, the east, a Muslim village located "In the Nukrah, South of Eshmiskin", the Nukrah being the southern Hauran plain.