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Map of Damascus in 1855. The old city of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, [1] contains numerous archaeological sites, including some historical churches and ...
Maps of Roman Syria indicate that the Barada River emptied into a lake of some size east of Damascus. Today it is called Bahira Atayba, the hesitant lake because in years of severe drought, it does not even exist. [29] The modern city has an area of 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), out of which 77 km 2 (30 sq mi) is urban, while Jabal Qasioun occupies the ...
Administratively, Damascus Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, is divided into 16 municipalities (Arabic: بلدية, romanized: baladiyah).Every municipal district is managed by an elected mayor, which in turn is divided into 95 districts (Arabic: الحي hayy), [1] each headed by a mayor, and they all participate in the election of the Damascus city council. [2]
The Damascus Straight Street c. 1900. Straight Street, from the Latin Via Recta (Arabic: الشارع المستقيم al-Shāriʿ al-Mustaqīm), known as the Street called Straight (Greek: τὴν ῥύμην τὴν καλουμένην εὐθεῖαν) in the New Testament, is the old decumanus maximus, the main east-west Roman road, of Damascus, Syria. [1]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Damascus, Syria ... Map of Damascus in 1855 View of Damascus, 1898. 965 BCE – Ezron, ...
4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Syria Damascus. 5 languages.
Damascus Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة دمشق Muḥāfaẓat Dimashq) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. Completely surrounded by the Rif Dimashq Governorate , it consists only of the city of Damascus , the capital of Syria.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Streets in Damascus (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Geography of Damascus"