Shahba
شَهْبَا Philippopolis | |
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![]() The Philippeion, a memorial monument | |
Coordinates: 32°51′15″N 36°37′45″E / 32.85417°N 36.62917°E | |
Grid position | 302/251 |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | as-Suwayda |
District | Shahba |
Subdistrict | Shahba |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 14,784 |
Time zone | EEST |
Shahba (Arabic: شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located 87 km (54 mi) south of Damascus in the Jabal el Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis (in Arabia), the city was the seat of a Bishopric (see below), which remains a Latin titular see.