Deir al-Asafir
Deir al-Asafir is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located 12 kilometers southeast of Damascus. It is situated in a heavily farmed area in the Ghouta region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 6,210 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Dayr al ‘Asafir”, “Dayr al ‘Aşāfīr”, “Dayr al-Assafir”, “Deir Al-Asaffir”, “Deïr el Aassâfîr”, and “Deïr el Assifir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bawabet Dimashq.
Bawabet Dimashq
Restaurant
The Bawabet Dimashq is a family owned restaurant in Damascus, Syria, that opened in 2002. It is the largest restaurant in the world, as listed by the Guinness World Records. Bawabet Dimashq is situated 3 km southwest of Deir al-Asafir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shabaa and Al-Nashabiyah.
Shabaa
Town
Shabaa is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, in al-Malihah Subdistrict. Shabaa had a population of 13,446 in the 2004 census. Shabaa is situated 3 km southwest of Deir al-Asafir.
Al-Nashabiyah
Town
Al-Nashabiyah is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located 19 kilometers east of Damascus city. Situated in the fertile Ghouta region, nearby localities include Beit Nayim and Outaya to the west, Marj al-Sultan… Al-Nashabiyah is situated 8 km northeast of Deir al-Asafir.
Al-Ghizlaniya
Town
Al-Ghuzlaniyah is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Nearby localities include Khirbet al-Ward to the west, al-Adiliyah to the southwest, Burraq to the south… Al-Ghizlaniya is situated 8 km southeast of Deir al-Asafir.
Deir al-Asafir
- Category: village
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Deir al-Asafir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير العصافير”
- Arabic: “قرية دير العصافير”
- Dutch: “Deir al-Asafir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير العصافير”
- Persian: “دیر العصافیر”
- Polish: “Dajr al-Asafir”
- Scots: “Deir al-Asafir”
- Turkish: “Deir el-Asafir”
- Vietnamese: “Deir al-Asafir”
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