Mount Qasioun

Mount Qasioun is a mountain overlooking the city of , . It has a range of restaurants, from which the whole city can be viewed. Due to its high elevation, several communications and broadcasting networks constructed relay stations at the summit for the city's communications.
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  • Peak rising to 1,151 metres (3,776 feet)
  • Description: Historic mountain in Damascus
  • Also known as
    “Djebel Kassioun”
    “Jabal Qāsiyūn”
    “Jebel Kasiun”
    “Jebel Kassiun”
    “Jebel Qāsiyūn”
    “Jebel Qassioum”
    “Jebel Qassioun”
    “Jebel Quaisum”
    “Kassioum”
    “Kasyoun”
    “Mount Kassioun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salimiyya Takiyya and Al-Shami Hospital.
Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Ibn Arabi Mosque, is a takiyya in as-Salihiyya, .
is a central in Al-Malky street, .
The , also called the Muzaffari Mosque…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rukn Al Din and Sarouja.
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , .
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus.
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is a municipal district of , , located in the northwest of the city.

Mount Qasioun

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Latitude
33.53342° or 33° 32′ 0″ north
Longitude
36.27331° or 36° 16′ 24″ east
Open location code
8G5RG7MF+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 364352036
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
165988
Wiki­data ID
Q1261879

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mount Qasioun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل قاسيون”
  • Arabic: “قمة قاسيون”
  • Catalan: “Djabal Kasiyun”
  • Chinese: “卡松山”
  • Czech: “Kásijún”
  • Dutch: “Mount Qasioun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل قاسيون”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Kasiun”
  • Finnish: “Jabal Kasiyun”
  • French: “Mont Qassioun”
  • German: “Dschabal Qāsiyūn”
  • German: “Dschabal Qāsyūn”
  • German: “Kasiun”
  • German: “Kassioun”
  • German: “Qasiun”
  • German: “Qasyun”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Qasioun”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל קאסיון”
  • Hebrew: “הר קאסיון”
  • Hebrew: “הר קסיון”
  • Hebrew: “קאסיון”
  • Hebrew: “קסיון”
  • Hindi: “क़ासियून पर्वत”
  • Hindi: “कासियून पहाड़ी”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Qasioun”
  • Japanese: “カシオン山”
  • Kannada: “ಮೌಂಟ್ ಕ್ವಾಸಿಯಾನ್”
  • Ladin: “Mount Qasioun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jabal Qasioun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qasioun”
  • Norwegian: “Jabal Qasioun”
  • Persian: “قاسیون”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ قاسیون”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Qasioun”
  • Russian: “Джабаль-Касиюн”
  • Russian: “Джебель-Касиюн”
  • Spanish: “Monte Qasiūn”
  • Turkish: “Kasiyun dağı”
  • Urdu: “جبل قاسیون”
  • Western Panjabi: “جبل قاسیون”

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