page_title: As-Suwayda
hierarchical_section_title: As-Suwayda
caption_attribution_description: English: The agora of Dionysias
context_page_description: As-Suwayda', also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city in southwestern Syria. It is the capital of Muhafazat as-Suwayda', one of Syria's 14 governorates.
context_section_description: As-Suwayda' (Arabic: السويداء / ALA-LC: as-Suwaydā’), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city in southwestern Syria. It is the capital of Muhafazat as-Suwayda', one of Syria's 14 governorates.
caption: The Roman amphitheatre
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