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Damascus دِمَشق Dimashq | |
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Ceety | |
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 Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): (Madīnatu 'l-Yāsmīn) Ceety o Jasmin | |
  Damascus | |
| Coordinates: 33°30′47″N 36°17′31″E / 33.51306°N 36.29194°ECoordinates: 33°30′47″N 36°17′31″E / 33.51306°N 36.29194°E | |
| Kintra | Sirie |
| Govrenorates | Damascus Govrenorate |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Bishr Al Sabban |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 105 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 77 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
| Population (2009 est.[1]) | |
| • Ceety | 1,711,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code(s) | Kintra code: 963, Ceety code: 11 |
| Demonym | Damascene |
| Website | Damascus Govrenorate |
| Sources: Damascus city area [2] | |
Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشق Dimashq, commonly kent as الشام al-Shām, cried the "Ceety o Jasmin" Arabic: مدينة الياسمين Madīnatul Yāsmīn) an aa, is the caipital an the seicont lairgest ceety o Sirie as well as the caipital o the Damascus Govrenorate. In addeetion tae be ane o the auldest continuously inhabitit ceeties in the warld, Damascus is a major cultural an releegious centre o the Levant. Currently, the ceety haes an estimatit population o aboot 1,711,000 (2009 est.).[1]
Locatit in soothwastren Sirie, it is the centre o a lairge metropolitan aurie o 2.4 million fowk (2004), makkin it the kintra's lairgest metropolitan aurie.[3] Geographically embeddit on the eastren fuithills o the Anti-Lebanon muntain range 80 km (50 mi) inland frae the eastren shore o the Mediterranean Sea on a plateau 680 metres (2,200 ft) abuin sea-level, Damascus experiences a semi-arid climate due tae the rain shadow effect. The Barada River flows throu Damascus.
- ↑ a b Central Bureau Of Statistics in Syria: Chapter 2: Population & Demographic Indicators Archived 2011-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Table 3: Estimates of Population actually living in Syria in 31 December 2009 by Mohafazat and six (in thousands)
- ↑ Albaath.news statement by the governor of Damascus, Syria Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic), April 2010
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics Syria Syria census 2004 Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine