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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: دِمَشْق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria.It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
Sixty-four of the 65 districts of Syria have a city that serves as the regional capital (administrative centre); Markaz Rif Dimashq is a district with no official regional centre. The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. The Rif Dimashq Governorate has no official centre and its headquarters are in Damascus.
The capital Damascus is the second largest city in Syria, and the metropolitan area is a governorate on its own. Aleppo (population 2,301,570) ... Map of Syria. The ...
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 ...
The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus. The districts are further divided into 281 subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahiya). [1] Each district bears the same name as its district capital.
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]
Jobar (Arabic: جَوْبَر, romanized: Jawbar) also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of Damascus northeast of the old city walls. [1] It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.
Al-Midan (Arabic: حي الميدان) is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456. [ 1 ]