Middle East
Syria
Damascus Governorate

Yarmouk

Yarmouk is a 2.11-square-kilometer district of the city of , populated by Palestinians. It is located 8 kilometers from the center of Damascus and within municipal boundaries; this was not the case when it was established in 1957.
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  • Type: City with 137,000 residents
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Yarmūk”, “al-Yarmuk”, “Al-Yarmuk”, “al-Yarmūk”, “Mokhayam Al-Yarmouk Camp”, “Mukhayam Yarmouk”, “Mukhayyam al Yarmūk”, “Mukhayyam al-Yarmuk”, “Yarmouk Camp”, and “Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bab Al Saghir and Bab Al Jabiyeh.

City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, . It has qubūr on either side of the road, and is located in the Dimashq Neighborhood, southwest of the .

City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Jabiya is one of the seven ancient city-gates of , . During the Roman era, the gate was dedicated to Mars. Bab al-Jabiya was the main entrance on the city's west side.

City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the seven ancient city-gates of , . The gate, which is now located in the southeastern part of the Old City, was named in memory of a slave who became famous during a conquest by the Caliph Mu'awiya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Midan and Babella.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.

Town
Babbila is a town in southern , administratively part of the , located on the southern outskirts of to the east of the Yarmouk Camp.

Village
Beit Sahem is a village in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located 's southeastern outskirts.

Yarmouk

Latitude
33.47248° or 33° 28′ 21″ north
Longitude
36.3048° or 36° 18′ 17″ east
Population
137,000
Elevation
684 metres (2,244 feet)
Open location code
8G5RF8C3+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567045696
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
166716
Wiki­data ID
Q2918779
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yarmouk” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اليرموك”
  • Arabic: “مخيم اليرموك”
  • Basque: “Yarmouk”
  • Bengali: “ইয়ারমুক শিবির”
  • Catalan: “Yarmouk”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەمپی یەرمووک”
  • Chinese: “雅爾矛克難民營”
  • Croatian: “Jarmuk”
  • Czech: “Jarmúk”
  • Czech: “Uprchlický tábor Jarmúk”
  • Dutch: “Jarmuk”
  • Esperanto: “Jarmuk (rifuĝejo)”
  • Esperanto: “Jarmuk”
  • Estonian: “Al-Yarmūki põgenikelaager”
  • Estonian: “Yarmūk”
  • Finnish: “Jarmukin pakolaisleiri”
  • Finnish: “Yarmoukin pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “camp de réfugiés de Yarmouk”
  • French: “Yarmouk”
  • German: “al-Jarmuk”
  • German: “Jarmuk”
  • Greek: “αλ Γιαρμούκ”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ירמוך”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים אל-ירמוכ”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים אל-ירמוך”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים ירמוכ”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים ירמוך”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה פליטים אל-ירמוכ”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה פליטים אל-ירמוך”
  • Italian: “campo palestinese di Yarmouk”
  • Japanese: “アル゠ヤルムーク”
  • Japanese: “ヤルムーク・パレスチナ難民キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “ヤルムーク”
  • Korean: “야르무크 수용소”
  • Korean: “야르무크”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه یرموک”
  • Persian: “مخیم الیرموک”
  • Polish: “Al-Jarmuk”
  • Russian: “Аль-Ярмук”
  • Russian: “Ярмук”
  • Serbian: “Јармук”
  • Slovenian: “Jarmuk”
  • Spanish: “Campo de refugiados de Yarmouk”
  • Swedish: “Yarmuk”
  • Ukrainian: “Ярмук (табір)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ярмук”
  • Urdu: “یرموک کیمپ”
  • Vietnamese: “trại tị nạn Yarmouk”

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