Basimah
Basimah is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Qanun, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wadi, Deir Muqaran and Kfeir al-Zayt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Bassimé”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qudsaiya and Qura al-Sham.
Qudsaiya
Town
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Qudsaya is a Syrian city in Rif Dimashq Governorate and the administrative centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of Mount Qasioun, 7 km west of Damascus. Qudsaiya is situated 7 km south of Basimah.
Qura al-Sham
Village
Photo: Exmak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qura al-Sham is a Syrian village in the Qudsaya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qura al-Sham had a population of 1,067 in the 2004 census. Until 2024, the village was known as Qura al-Assad. Qura al-Sham is situated 8 km southwest of Basimah.
Maaraba
Town
Maaraba is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maaraba had a population of 10,290 in the 2004 census. Maaraba is situated 10 km east of Basimah.
Basimah
- Categories: village and populated place in Syria
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Basimah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بسيمة”
- Cebuano: “Basīmah”
- Dutch: “Basimah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بسيمه”
- Persian: “بسیمه”
- Polish: “Basima”
- Vietnamese: “Basimah”
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