Sakkā
Sakka or Saqqa is a village to the southeast of Damascus, on the edge of the Ghouta, 5 kilometres north west of Damascus International Airport in Syria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate” and “Saqqa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghassule and Al-Khamisiye.
Ghassule
Village
Ghasulah also spelled Ghassuleh, is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Douma District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ghasulah had a population of 3,272 in the 2004 census. Ghassule is situated 2½ km southeast of Sakkā.
Al-Khamisiye
Village
Al-Khamisiyah is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Douma District. Al-Khamisiyah had a population of 1,024 in the 2004 census. Al-Khamisiye is situated 4½ km northeast of Sakkā.
Al-Ghizlaniya
Town
Al-Ghuzlaniyah is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Nearby localities include Khirbet al-Ward to the west, al-Adiliyah to the southwest, Burraq to the south… Al-Ghizlaniya is situated 4½ km south of Sakkā.
Sakkā
- Categories: archaeological site, village, and populated place in Syria
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sakkā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سكا”
- Basque: “Sakka”
- Dutch: “Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سكا”
- German: “Tell Sakka”
- Persian: “سکا، ریف دمشق”
- Polish: “Sakka”
- Vietnamese: “Sakka, Tỉnh Rif Dimashq”
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