Masad, Suwayda
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Masad
مصاد Massad | |
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Village | |
  Masad | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′45″N 36°36′5″E / 32.69583°N 36.60139°E | |
| Grid position | 300/234 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Suwayda |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 4,585 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Masad (Arabic: مصاد, also spelled Massad) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 4,585.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.[2]
