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Kiswah (Arabic: الكسوة al-Keswat [COD FOD Registry]),
Alternative spelling: Kisweh, Kiswa, Kiswe, Al-Kiswah, Kissoué

City cladding city south of the Syrian capital Damascus. It has a population of about 140000 people, according to statistics with the 2009 Tzmtha said that the reason for this is that one of the prophets went through and noted that it covered with vegetables. Ruby also said Hamwi other reasons. There is a reason as a historical fact that the city was located on the road linking Astana (now Istanbul) and Medina (the Hijaz or in general), and the Ottoman Caliph ordered to send the pilgrims Mitrosha Pasha, Hajj, Ittalegon from Damascus battalions Hajj al-Shami loader will pass this city coming their way from Damascus to Medina was the city's residents with the people of Damascus are receiving Pasha Al Hajj with the loader, which contains a bundle of Kaaba, which was made in Damascus and sent and taxi the Kaaba before the pilgrimage season, and went to the exchange hub to serve the pilgrims from the Ottoman sultan , and named the city relative to the cladding and the celebration of smear
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Coordinates:   33°21'29"N   36°14'22"E

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