# Al-Sabinah

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**Al-Sabinah** (Arabic: السبينة) is a town in southern [Syria](/source/Syria), administratively part of the [Rif Dimashq Governorate](/source/Rif_Dimashq_Governorate), located southwest of [Damascus](/source/Damascus) in the western [Ghouta](/source/Ghouta). Nearby localities include [Ashrafiyat Sahnaya](/source/Ashrafiyat_Sahnaya), [Darayya](/source/Darayya), [Muadamiyat al-Sham](/source/Muadamiyat_al-Sham), [Sayyidah Zaynab](/source/Sayyidah_Zaynab), [al-Hajar al-Aswad](/source/Al-Hajar_al-Aswad). According to the [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)), al-Sabinah had a population of 62,509 in the 2004 census.[1]

[Al-Sabinah camp](/source/Al-Sabinah_camp), a [Palestinian refugee camp](/source/Palestinian_refugee_camp), was established beside the town in 1948.[2]

## References

1. [General Census of Population and Housing 2004](https://archive.today/20121203023332/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-2-2004.htm). [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)

1. ["Sbeineh Camp"](https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/syria/sbeineh-camp). *UNRWA*

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