Yalda
Yalda is a town in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria and has about 28,400 residents. Yalda is situated nearby to the town Babella, as well as near the village Beit Sahm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palestine Branch.
Palestine Branch
Military installation
Far' Falastine, also known as Branch 235, was a prison operated by Military Intelligence Directorate of Ba'athist Syria under the charge of Brig. Gen. Kamal Hassan between 2017 and 2020, located in Damascus, notorious for accounts of torture, coercive interrogation, and deplorable conditions related by its former detainees. Palestine Branch is situated 3 km north of Yalda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Babella and Beit Sahm.
Babella
Town
Babbila is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the southern outskirts of Damascus to the east of the Yarmouk Camp.
Beit Sahm
Village
Beit Sahem is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located Damascus's southeastern outskirts.
Aqraba
Village
Aqraba is a Syrian village located in the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of Rif Dimashq Governorate. Aqraba had a population of 6,799 in the 2004 census. Aqraba is situated 3 km east of Yalda.
Yalda
- Type: Town with 28,400 residents
- Also known as: “Yaldā”
- Category: locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.46526° or 33° 27′ 55″ northLongitude
36.32166° or 36° 19′ 18″ eastPopulation
28,400Elevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)Open location code
8G5RF88C+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 567125800OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
162616
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