'As-Suwayda '( Larabci: السويداء‎ / ALA-LC : as-Suwaydā ), ana kuma rubuta Sweida, babban birni ne na Druze da ke kudu maso yammacin Siriya . Ita ce babban birnin Muhafazat as-Suwayda ' , ɗayan gwamnoni 14 na Siriya. http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/04/hugo-chavez-in-syria/ Many of them came from Sweida. So when their descendants returned, they brought back the Spanish language and South American culture. Sweida is little Venezuela. https://www.economist.com/node/16276817 Dubbed “Little Venezuela”, the southern Syrian town of Sweida offers arepa bread, roads named after Latin American revolutionary leaders and visits from Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez. It has long been known for its Hispanic influence, thanks to generations of Syrians and Lebanese who left in the 19th and 20th centuries to work in South America and who have periodically returned. p. 193: And the Syrian town of Sweida is known as "Little Venezuela" http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/an-elderly-syrian-man-waves-venezuelas-flag-during-a-visit-news-photo/90340575#an-elderly-syrian-man-waves-venezuelas-flag-during-a-visit-by-hugo-picture-id90340575 Chavez visited Sweida, homeland of many of Venezuela's million strong Syrian community