Middle East
Syria
Rif-dimashq Governorate

Maaraba

Maaraba is a village in the of the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maaraba had a population of 10,290 in the 2004 census.
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  • Type: Town with 10,300 residents
  • Description: village in Rif Dimashq
  • Also known as: “Ma‘arabah”, “Ma‘rabā”, “Ma’raba”, “Ma`raba”, and “Maaraba, Rif Dimashq”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barzah Scientific Research Centre.

Research institute
The , also known as the Barzah Scientific Research Facility or Institute 2000 was a facility of the located in , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Maaraba.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barzeh and Al-Tall.

Town
Photo: El Mono Español, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Barza is a municipality and a neighborhood to the north of , . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 47,339 in the 2004 census. is situated 3 km southeast of Maaraba.

Town
is a city in southern , administratively part of the and capital of the . Situated in the middle of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, having an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters above sea level. is situated 4 km north of Maaraba.

Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , . In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. is situated 4 km south of Maaraba.

Maaraba

Latitude
33.57595° or 33° 34′ 33″ north
Longitude
36.29763° or 36° 17′ 52″ east
Population
10,300
Elevation
885 metres (2,904 feet)
Open location code
8G5RH7GX+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 573519273
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
167275
Wiki­data ID
Q17068142
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Maaraba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معربا، ريف دمشق”
  • Arabic: “معربا”
  • Dutch: “Maaraba”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معربا”
  • French: “Maaraba”
  • German: “Maaraba”
  • Hebrew: “מערבא”
  • Japanese: “マーラバ”
  • Korean: “마아라바”
  • Persian: “معربا، ریف دمشق”
  • Persian: “معربا”
  • Polish: “Maraba”
  • Russian: “Мараба”
  • Vietnamese: “Maaraba, Rif Dimashq”

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