al-Qutayfah

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| name = Al-Qutayfah

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| native_name = ٱلْقُطَيْفَة

| other_name = Qutaifa

| settlement_type = City

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| pushpin_map = Syria

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Rif Dimashq

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = al-Qutayfah

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = al-Qutayfah

| subdivision_type4 = Control

| subdivision_name4 = Syrian transitional government

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| elevation_m = 940

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| population_total = 26671

| population_as_of = 2004 census

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Al-Qutayfah ({{langx|ar|ٱلْقُطَيْفَة|al-Quṭayfah}}) is a city in Syria, administratively belonging to the Rif Dimashq Governorate, capital of the al-Qutayfah District. It is located approximately {{convert|40|km|mi|sp=us}} east of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qutayfah had a population of 26,671 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-15-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104650/http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-15-2004.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/173/mode/1up 173]

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  • {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}

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{{Cities of Syria}}

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Category:Populated places in Al-Qutayfah District

Category:Cities in Syria

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