Al Maydān
Al Maydān is a locality in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Al Maydān is situated nearby to the locality Al Ḩaqlah, as well as near Ad Daqqāq.Places of Interest
Highlights include Al Moujtahed Hospital and Cemetery Bab as-Saghir.
Al Moujtahed Hospital
Hospital
Damascus Hospital also known as Al Mujtahid Hospital) in Damascus is one of the largest hospitals in Syria. It was founded in 1947 and is run by the Ministry of Health.
Cemetery Bab as-Saghir
Cemetery
Photo: Toushiro, Public domain.
Bab al-Saghir Cemetery is an Islamic cemetery in Damascus, Syria. It is about 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.
Bab Al Saghir
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Saghir is one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. It has qubūr on either side of the road, and is located in the Dimashq Neighborhood, southwest of the Umayyad Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Midan and Damascus.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century. Sarouja is situated 3 km north of Al Maydān.
Al Maydān
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Maydan”, “Maydān”, “Maydān Sulţānī”, “Meidān”, and “Mīdān”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.49028° or 33° 29′ 25″ northLongitude
36.29759° or 36° 17′ 51″ eastElevation
687 metres (2,254 feet)Open location code
8G5RF7RX+42GeoNames ID
167019
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In Other Languages
“Al Maydān” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الميدان”
- Arabic: “ميدان سلطاني”
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