Dummar
Dummar is a municipal district of Damascus, Syria, located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of Damascus in terms of area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: municipal district in Syria
- Also known as: “Ḑāḩiyat Dummar”, “Doumar”, and “Doummar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Qasioun and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Mount Qasioun
Peak
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
Mount Qasioun is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria. 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. Mount Qasioun is situated 3½ km east of Dummar.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Memorial
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Syrian soldiers killed during battle. It was visited every year by the President of Syria on Martyrs' Day prior to the fall of the Assad regime.
Mezzeh prison
Prison
Mezzeh prison is a now-defunct Syrian prison overlooking the capital, Damascus operated by Ba'athist Syria. Mezzeh is the name of a neighborhood in western Damascus. Mezzeh prison is situated 3½ km southeast of Dummar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qudsaiya and Al Mazzeh.
Qudsaiya
Town
Photo: waill.hamada.1, CC BY 3.0.
Qudsaya is a Syrian city in Rif Dimashq Governorate and the administrative centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of Mount Qasioun, 7 km west of Damascus.
Al Mazzeh
Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mezzeh is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, due west of Kafr Sousa. It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mazzeh highway. It started gaining importance when the French constructed Mezzeh Air Base, which was the main airport in Damascus until Damascus International Airport opened. Al Mazzeh is situated 4 km south of Dummar.
Rukn Al Din
Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn al-Din is a municipality of Damascus, Syria. In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. Rukn Al Din is situated 6 km east of Dummar.
Dummar
- Categories: suburb, municipality, and locality
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.53877° or 33° 32′ 20″ northLongitude
36.23711° or 36° 14′ 14″ eastElevation
767 metres (2,516 feet)Open location code
8G5RG6QP+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 12506635868OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Dummar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دمر”
- Arabic: “ضاحية دمر”
- Esperanto: “Dummar”
- Persian: “دومر”
- Polish: “Dummar”
- Russian: “Думар”
- Russian: “Думмар”
- Spanish: “Dummar”
- Vietnamese: “Dummar”
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