title: Qalaat al-Jandal
text: # Qalaat al-Jandal
  
  Qalaat al-Jandal (Arabic: قلعة الجندل) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalaat al-Jandal had a population of 3,251 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1838, Eli Smith noted Qalaat al-Jandal's population as Druze and Syriac Christians.
  
  