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6 dni temu · Damascus, city, capital of Syria. Located in the southwestern corner of the country, it has been called the “pearl of the East,” praised for its beauty and lushness; the 10th-century traveler and geographer al-Maqdisī lauded the city as ranking among the four earthly paradises.
Damascus (/ d ə ˈ m æ s k ə s / də-MAS-kəs, UK also / d ə ˈ m ɑː s k ə s / də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
Type: City with 1,710,000 residents. Description: capital and largest city of Syria. Categories: big city, populated place in Syria, national capital, largest city and locality. Location: Damascus Governorate, Hauran, Syria, Middle East, Asia. View on OpenStreetMap.
4 lis 2021 · Online Map of Damascus. About Damascus. The Facts:Governorate:Damascus. District:Damascus. Population:~ 2,100,000. Metropolitan population:~ 3,000,000. Main sights:Citadel of Damascus, Damascus Straight Street, National Museum of Damascus, Great Mosque of Damascus, Bab Sharqi, Bab Tuma, Medhat Pasha Souq, Umayyad Mosque, Mausoleum of Saladin, ...
12 paź 2024 · Location. 33.5102° N 36.2913° E. View coordinates. Population. 1,569,394. World rank: 271. Rank in Syria: 2. Syria Population →. Local time. 3:20:28 pm. Saturday, October 12 2024. Time Zone: UTC+03:00. Distances. View more. Antipodes. Opposite side of the world from Damascus (in yellow). View more.
The satellite view and the map shows Damascus, the capital and principal city of Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic. The city is located in the southwestern part of the country, at the foothills of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, about 90 km east from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea (in Lebanon). Mount Qasioun.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria, known as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Damascus is home to the Umayyad Mosque, a masterpiece of Islamic architecture and an important religious site.
