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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 Suwayda 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”, “Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Dimashq”, “Rīf Dimashq”, “Rif Dimashq Governorate”, “Rif Dimashq, Syria”, and “Rif-dimashq”

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 Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Rif-dimashq Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريف دمشق”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ريف دمشق”
  • Arabic: “مُحافظة ريف دمشق|”
  • Armenian: “Ռիֆ Դիմաշկ”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Rif Dimashq”
  • Asturian: “Rif Dimashq (Siria)”
  • Asturian: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq mühafazası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq mühafazlığı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rif Dəməşq mühafazası”
  • Basque: “Rif Dimashq eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Belarusian: “Дамаск (мухафаза)”
  • Belarusian: “Дамаск”
  • Bengali: “রিফ দামাস্ক গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Кунейтра”
  • Bulgarian: “Риф Дамаск”
  • Catalan: “governació de Damasc Rural”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Damasc Rural”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Rif Dimashq”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Rīf Dimashq”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ڕیف دیمەشق”
  • Chechen: “Димашкъ”
  • Chinese: “Rif Dimashq Séng”
  • Chinese: “大馬士革”
  • Chinese: “大馬士革省”
  • Chinese: “大馬士革農村省”
  • Chinese: “大马士革农村省”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Rif Damask”
  • Croatian: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Czech: “Damašský guvernorát”
  • 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: “gouvernorat de Rif Dimashq”
  • French: “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”
  • German: “SY-RD”
  • German: “Umgebung Damaskus”
  • Greek: “Ριφ Ντιμάσκ”
  • Gujarati: “રિફ ડિમાશક ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “ריף דמשק”
  • Hindi: “रीफ़ दिमश्क़ गवर्नरेट”
  • 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”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Rif Dimashq”
  • Japanese: “ダマスカス郊外県”
  • Japanese: “ディマシュク県”
  • Kannada: “ರಿಫ್ ದಿಮಾಶ್ಕ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • 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”
  • Persian: “استان ریف دمشق”
  • Persian: “ریف دمشق”
  • Polish: “Damaszek-Okręg”
  • Polish: “Damaszek”
  • Polish: “Rif Dimaszk”
  • Portuguese: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Portuguese: “Zona Rural de Damasco”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Rif Dimashq”
  • Russian: “Дамаск”
  • Russian: “Риф Дамаск”
  • Russian: “Риф-Дамаск о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Scots: “Rif Dimashq Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Дамаск (покрајина)”
  • Serbian: “Дамаск”
  • Serbian: “Риф Дамаск”
  • Sinhala: “රිෆ් ඩිමාශ්ක් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Rif Damask”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Rif Dimašk”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریف دمشق اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Campiña de Damasco”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de la campiña de Damasco”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Rif Dimashq”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Rif Dimashq”
  • Spanish: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat Rif Dimashq”
  • Swedish: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Rif Damişq”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Риф Димашқ”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Рифи Димишқ”
  • Tamil: “இறீபு திமசுக்கு ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “ரிஃப் டிமாஷ்க் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “ரிஃப் டிமாஷ்க் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Telugu: “రిఫ్ డిమాష్ఖ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการรีฟดิมัชก์”
  • Turkish: “Rif Şam İli”
  • Turkish: “Rif Şam Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Rif Şam”
  • Ukrainian: “Дамаск”
  • Ukrainian: “Риф-Дамаск”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ ریف دمشق”
  • Vietnamese: “Rif Dimashq”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Rif Dimashq”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ریف دمشق”
  • Yue Chinese: “大馬士革 (省)”
  • Yue Chinese: “大馬士革”

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