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: municipality/Refugee camp in Damascus Governorate, Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Yarmūk”, “al-Yarmuk”, “Al-Yarmuk”, “al-Yarmūk”, “camp de réfugiés de Yarmouk”, “Mokhayam Al-Yarmouk Camp”, “Mukhayam Yarmouk”, “Mukhayyam al Yarmūk”, “Mukhayyam al-Yarmuk”, “Shefa-Amr”, “Tabăra de refugiați Yarmouk”, “Yarmouk Camp”, “מחנה הפליטים אל-ירמוך”, “מחנה הפליטים ירמוכ”, “מחנה הפליטים ירמוך”, “מחנה פליטים אל-ירמוכ”, “מחנה פליטים אל-ירמוך”, and “ヤルムーク・パレスチナ難民キャンプ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Qadam Station and Cemetery Bab as-Saghir.

Railway station
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Qadam railway station is a historic railway station…

Cemetery
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Bab al-Saghir Cemetery is an Islamic in , .

Hospital
Damascus Hospital also known as Al Mujtahid Hospital)…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Babella.

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is the capital and largest city of .

Town
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Village
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Yarmouk

Latitude
33.4725° 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: “Yarmouk”
  • German: “al-Jarmuk”
  • German: “Jarmuk”
  • Greek: “αλ Γιαρμούκ”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ירמוך”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים אל-ירמוכ”
  • Italian: “campo palestinese di Yarmouk”
  • Japanese: “アル゠ヤルムーク”
  • Japanese: “ヤルムーク”
  • Kannada: “ಯರ್ಮೂಕ್”
  • Korean: “야르무크 수용소”
  • Korean: “야르무크”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه یرموک”
  • Persian: “مخیم الیرموک”
  • Polish: “Al-Jarmuk”
  • Romanian: “Yarmouk”
  • 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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