Damascus: Neighbourhood
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Bab Sharqi
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. The gate also gives its name to the Christian quarter surrounding it. The grand facade of the gate was reconstructed in the 1960s.
Rukneddine
Rukneddine or Rukn al-Din is a district of Damascus, Syria. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city.
Yarmouk Camp
Yarmouk Camp is a 2.11-square-kilometer district of the city of Damascus, populated by Palestinians, with hospitals and schools. It is located 8 kilometers from the center of Damascus and within municipal boundaries. Yarmouk is an "unofficial" refugee camp.
Al-Midan
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, just south of the old walled city and very near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456. Its streets and alleys are full of heritage and history due to the age of the neighbourhood.
Mezzeh
Mezzeh is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, due west of Kafr Sousa. It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mezzeh highway.
Qaboun
Qaboun is a municipality and neighbourhood in Damascus, Syria, located 6 kilometers north-east of the city center, to the north of Jobar district.
Al-Shaghur
Al-Shaghour is a municipality and a neighborhood located in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, south and east of the Old City, and east of al-Midan. Al-Shaghour is one of the oldest recorded neighborhoods in the city.
Ghouta
Ghouta is a countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.
Al-Salihiyah
Al-Salihiyah is a municipality and neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. It lies to the northwest of the old walled city of Damascus and about 2.4 kilometres southeast of the Citadel, at the foot of Mount Qasioun.
Qaymariyya
Al-Qaymariyya is a quarter of the Old City of Damascus. It is located in the center of the Old City, bordering the eastern wall of the Umayyad Mosque. It had a population of 4,034 in the 2004 census.
Jaramana Camp
Jaramana Camp is a 0.03-square-kilometer Palestinian refugee camp in the outskirts of the city of Damascus. It is located southeast of the center of Damascus, near the airport road leading to the Damascus International Airport. The camp is a neighborhood in Jaramana.
Jobar
Jobar also spelled Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a municipality of the Syrian capital Damascus. A once historical village on the outskirts of Damascus, it is now a suburb of the capital city. It lies 2 km northeast of the old city walls.
Barzeh
Barzeh is a municipality and a neighborhood to the north of Damascus, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barzeh had a population of 47,339 in the 2004 census.
Qadam
Qadam is a municipality and a neighborhood in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, due west of Yarmouk Camp.
Al-Hijaz
Al-Hijaz is a neighborhood and district of the Qanawat municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 5,572 in the 2004 census. The neighborhood was founded during the early 20th century, during the last years of Ottoman rule in Syria. It was built around the Hijaz Railway station in the city, which was founded in 1913.
Tadamon
Tadamon is a neighborhood and district of the al-Midan municipality of Damascus, Syria. The neighborhood has been active in the Syrian civil war.
Baramkeh
Baramkeh, named after Barmakids, is a neighborhood and district of the Qanawat municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 14,969 in the 2004 census. The neighborhood was founded during the late 19th century, during Ottoman rule. A military secondary school was established in Baramkeh in 1890s.
Al-Asali
Al-Asali is a neighborhood and district of the Qadam municipality in Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 21,731 in the 2004 census.
Al-Zahra al-Jadeeda
Al-Zahra al-Jadeeda is a neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. It lies within the Al-Midan municipality, east of the Al-Midan neighbourhood.
Qanawat
Qanawat is a municipality of the Damascus, Syria, due west of the Old City. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 58,053.
Al-Hariqa
Al-Hariqa is a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. It lies inside the walls of the old city south of the Citadel of Damascus between the late-Ottoman-era markets of al-Hamidiyah Souq and Medhat Pasha Souq. The neighborhood was known as Sidi Amoud after a famous holy man who was buried there.
Masjid Aqsab
Masjid Aqsab, also called Masjid al-Qasab, is a neighborhood and district of the Sarouja municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 14,148 in the 2004 census.
Sarouja
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Abu Jarash
Abu Jarash is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, Abu Jarash had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.
Kafr Sousa
Kafar Souseh is a municipality and neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, located in the southwestern part of the capital. It is home to the Syrian Council of Ministers and the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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