Al-Sabinah

Al-Sabinah 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 Central [Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics], al-Sabinah had a population of 62,509 in the 2004 census.
Al-Sabinah camp, a Palestinian [refugee camp], was established beside the town in 1948.