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Bosra

Western Asia

Bosra is a town in the Hauran region of southern Syria, administered from the Daraa District of Daraa Governorate. It is also known historically as Bostra and by its modern official name, Busra al-Sham.

Facts
Population
19,683 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 4
Sources
1. Bosra (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 19,683 (2004)
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2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Bosra coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
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"elevation": [ 843.0 ]
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3. Bosra (Wikipedia)
  • Climate
    Bosra has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk)
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Damascus; SY has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Asia/Damascus; SY has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq ... 2:00 Syria EE%sT 2022 Oct 28 0:00 3:00 - %z
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