Rif-dimashq Governorate

Rif Dimashq Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of . It is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the governorates of , and in the southwest, in the north, in the west and in the south.
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  • Type: State with 2,840,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Syria
  • Also known as: “Damascus”, “Damascus Countryside”, “Damascus Surroundings”, “Damaszek-Okręg”, “Dəməşq mühafazlığı”, “Gobernacion de Rif Dimashq”, “gouvernorat de Rif Dimashq”, “Governació de Rif Dimashq”, “Governatorato di Rif Dimashq”, “Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Dimashq”, “Muhafazat Rif Dimashq”, “Rif Dimachq”, “Rīf Dimashq”, “Rif Dimashq (Siria)”, “Rif Dimashq Governorate”, “Rif Dimashq, Syria”, “Rif Dimaszk”, “Rif Şam İli”, “Rif Şam Valiliği”, “Rif-dimashq”, “SY-RD”, “Tỉnh Rif Dimashq”, “Umgebung Damaskus”, “Вилояти Риф Димашқ”, “مُحافظة ريف دمشق|”, “रीफ़ दिमश्क़ गवर्नरेट”, “ரிஃப் டிமாஷ்க் கவர்னரேட்”, “ディマシュク県”, and “大馬士革省”

Rif-dimashq Governorate

Latitude
33.5195° or 33° 31′ 10″ north
Longitude
37.0761° or 37° 4′ 34″ east
Population
2,840,000
Elevation
661 metres (2,169 feet)
Open location code
8G5VG39G+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13296425919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
170652
Wiki­data ID
Q232399
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Rif-dimashq Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሪፍ-ዲማስቅ”
  • Arabic: “ريف دمشق”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ريف دمشق”
  • Armenian: “Ռիֆ Դիմաշկ”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Rif Dimashq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq mühafazası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rif Dəməşq mühafazası”
  • Basque: “Rif Dimashq eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Дамаск (мухафаза)”
  • Belarusian: “Дамаск”
  • Bengali: “রিফ দামাস্ক গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Кунейтра”
  • Bulgarian: “Риф Дамаск”
  • Catalan: “governació de Damasc Rural”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Damasc Rural”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Rīf Dimashq”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ڕیف دیمەشق”
  • Chechen: “Димашкъ”
  • Chinese: “大馬士革農村省”
  • Chinese: “大马士革农村省”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Rif Damask”
  • Croatian: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Czech: “Damašek”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Damašek”
  • Czech: “guvernorát Ríf Dimašq”
  • Czech: “Ríf Dimašq” (historical)
  • Danish: “Rif Dimashq Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة ريف دمشق”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Rif Dimaŝk”
  • Finnish: “Rif Dimašqin maakunta”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Rif Dimachq”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Rif Dimachq”
  • French: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Galician: “Gobernación do Damasco Rural”
  • Georgian: “რიფ-დიმაშკის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Damaskus-Landschaft”
  • German: “Gouvernement Dif Dimaschq”
  • German: “Gouvernement Rif Dimaschq”
  • German: “Rif Dimaschq”
  • Greek: “Ριφ Ντιμάσκ”
  • Gujarati: “રિફ ડિમાશક ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Rif-dimashq”
  • Hebrew: “ריף דמשק”
  • Hindi: “रीफ़ दिमश्क़ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Ríf Dimask kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Rif Dimashq”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Rif Dimasyq”
  • Italian: “governatorato del Rif di Damasco”
  • Italian: “Governatorato del Rif di Damasco”
  • Japanese: “ダマスカス郊外県”
  • Javanese: “Rif-dimashq”
  • Kannada: “ರಿಫ್ ದಿಮಾಶ್ಕ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Kirghiz: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Korean: “리프디마슈크주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Rîf Dimeşqê”
  • Latvian: “Damaskas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Damasko muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Rif Dimashq”
  • Malay: “Rif Dimashq Governorate”
  • Marathi: “रिफ डिमशक गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “ریف دمشق”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rif Dimashq Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rif Dimaschq (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rif Dimaschq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rif Dimashq guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Damaskus-området”
  • Norwegian: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Oromo: “Rif-dimashq”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਿਫ-ਦਮਿਸ਼ਕ”
  • Persian: “استان ریف دمشق”
  • Polish: “Damaszek”
  • Portuguese: “Damasco Rural”
  • Portuguese: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Pushto: “ريف دمشق”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Rif Dimashq”
  • Russian: “Дамаск”
  • Russian: “Риф-Дамаск о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Scots: “Rif Dimashq Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Дамаск (покрајина)”
  • Serbian: “Дамаск”
  • Serbian: “Риф Дамаск”
  • Sindhi: “ريف دمشق گورنريٽ”
  • Sinhala: “රිෆ් ඩිමාශ්ක් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Rif Damask”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Rif Dimašk”
  • Somali: “Rif-dimashq”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریف دمشق اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Campiña de Damasco”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de la campiña de Damasco”
  • Swahili: “Rif-dimashq”
  • Swedish: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Rif Damişq”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Рифи Димишқ”
  • Tamil: “இறீபு திமசுக்கு ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “ரிஃப் டிமாஷ்க் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tatar: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Telugu: “రిఫ్ డిమాష్ఖ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการรีฟดิมัชก์”
  • Turkish: “Rif Şam”
  • Ukrainian: “Дамаск”
  • Ukrainian: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ ریف دمشق”
  • Uzbek: “Rif-dimashq”
  • Vietnamese: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ریف دمشق”
  • Yue Chinese: “大馬士革 (省)”
  • Yue Chinese: “大馬士革”

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