Called in the N.T. "the country of the Gadarenes," Gadara was a city of Decapolis, southeast of the Sea of Galilee, on the main road to Damascus. The people were partly Greek and partly Syrian. The district is mentioned in Mark 5: 1 and Luke 8: 26, 37, in connection with the healing of a demoniac; but the Gospels and the Greek manuscripts do not agree as to its name. Compare the above passages with Matt. 8: 28. The miracle was probably worked near Gergesa.