Khirbet al-Sawda, Rif Dimashq

Khirbet al-Sawda is a Syrian village in the Beit Jinn sub-district of Qatana District, in the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Khirbet al-Sawda had a population of 124 at the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly from the Druze community.

History

The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Khirbet al-Sawda's population as Druze and Antiochian Greek Christians.