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: Village 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 south of Deir al-Asafir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zabdin and Shabaa.
Zabdin
Village
Zabdin is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located just east of Damascus. Zabdin is situated 2½ km northwest of Deir al-Asafir.
Shabaa
Village
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.
Harasta al-Qantarah
Village
Harasta al-Qantarah is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Douma District. Harasta al-Qantarah had a population of 2,513 in the 2004 census. Harasta al-Qantarah is situated 4 km northeast of Deir al-Asafir.
Deir al-Asafir
- Category: locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.46482° or 33° 27′ 53″ northLongitude
36.41952° or 36° 25′ 10″ eastPopulation
6,210Elevation
638 metres (2,093 feet)Open location code
8G5RFC79+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 567121567OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
170817Wikidata ID
Q152275
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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”
- French: “Deïr al-Asafîr”
- German: “Deir al-Asafir”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל-עסאפיר”
- Japanese: “デール・アル゠アサーフィル”
- Korean: “데르알아사피르”
- Persian: “دیر العصافیر”
- Polish: “Dajr al-Asafir”
- Russian: “Дейр-аль-Асафир”
- Scots: “Deir al-Asafir”
- Turkish: “Deir el-Asafir”
- Vietnamese: “Deir al-Asafir”
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