Middle East
Syria
Rif-dimashq Governorate

Zamalka

Zamalka is a town of in , located 3.5 kilometers east-northeast of Old Damascus. It is administratively a part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the .
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  • Type: Village with 44,700 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Zamalkā”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al ‘Abbassiyeen Stadium and Bab ash-Sharqi.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
The Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in , , that is currently out of use. It mostly hosted football matches and served as the home venue of the Syrian national team in the past. is situated 3 km west of Zamalka.

City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. is situated 3½ km southwest of Zamalka.

City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in . It is one of the seven gates of , a geographic landmark of Christianity. is situated 3½ km southwest of Zamalka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Tarma and Hezze.

Village
, also spelled Ayn Tarma or Ain Terma, is a suburb of in , located 3 kilometers east of Old Damascus, just north of the Barada River, within an area called the Eastern Ghouta.

Village
Hizzah is a Syrian located in , . It is located in Eastern Ghouta. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hizzah had a population of 9,293 in the 2004 census.

Village
also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.

Zamalka

Latitude
33.5262° or 33° 31′ 34″ north
Longitude
36.35107° or 36° 21′ 4″ east
Population
44,700
Elevation
687 metres (2,254 feet)
Open location code
8G5RG9G2+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567043656
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
162547
Wiki­data ID
Q4118332
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Zamalka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “زملكا”
  • Catalan: “Zamalka”
  • Dutch: “Zamalka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زملكا”
  • French: “Zamalka”
  • German: “Samalka”
  • Hebrew: “זמלכא”
  • Japanese: “ザマルカ”
  • Korean: “자말카”
  • Persian: “زملکا”
  • Polish: “Zamalka”
  • Russian: “Замалка”
  • Scots: “Zamalka”
  • Turkish: “Zemelka”
  • Vietnamese: “Zamalka”

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