Douma District

Douma District is a district of the in southern Syria. The second largest district of Syria following Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metropolitan to the Jordanian border, covering large swaths of the sparsely inhabited Syrian Desert.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Syria
  • Description: district in Rif Dimashq, Syria
  • Also known as: “Douma”, “Minţaqat Dūmā”, and “Qaḑā’ Dūmā”

Douma District

Latitude
33.4326° or 33° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
37.6386° or 37° 38′ 19″ east
Elevation
646 metres (2,119 feet)
Open location code
8G5VCJMQ+2C
Geo­Names ID
170590
Wiki­data ID
Q986780
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Douma District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة دوما”
  • Armenian: “Դումայի գավառ”
  • Cebuano: “Douma District”
  • Chinese: “杜馬區”
  • French: “District de Douma”
  • Georgian: “დუმის მინტაკა”
  • Japanese: “ドゥーマー郡”
  • Mazanderani: “دوما”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Douma Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Douma-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقة دوما”
  • Persian: “منطقه دوما”
  • Polish: “Duma”
  • Russian: “Мантык Дума”
  • Scots: “Douma Destrict”
  • Swedish: “Douma District”
  • Swedish: “Duma”
  • Ukrainian: “Дума”
  • Urdu: “دوما ضلع”

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Places to explore: Al Jufayf and Arḑ al Qurayqishā.

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