Middle East
Syria
Damascus Governorate

Barzeh

Barzeh or Barza is a municipality and a neighborhood to the north of , . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barzeh had a population of 47,339 in the 2004 census.
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Photo: El Mono Español, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Town
  • Description: neighborhood to the north of Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Barza”, “Barzah Musabbaq aş Şan‘”, “Barzé”, “Barzeh, Syria”, “Berzé”, and “Musabbaq aş Şan‘”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barzah Scientific Research Centre and Al ‘Abbassiyeen Stadium.

Research institute
The , also known as the Barzah Scientific Research Facility or Institute 2000 was a facility of the located in Barzeh, .

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
The Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in , , that is currently out of use. It mostly hosted football matches and served as the home venue of the Syrian national team in the past. is situated 4 km south of Barzeh.

Museum
Photo: Jadd Haidar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a National museum located in , which commemorates the memory of the 1973 October War between and Syria against from a Syrian perspective, and the 1982 Lebanon War battles that were fought against israel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qaboun and Abu Jarash.

Town
Photo: Muayad hamwi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and neighbourhood in , , located 6 kilometers north-east of the city center, to the north of district.

Quarter
is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of , . It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, had a population of 9,600, all Muslims. is situated 2½ km southwest of Barzeh.

Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , . In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. is situated 3 km southwest of Barzeh.

Barzeh

Latitude
33.55712° or 33° 33′ 26″ north
Longitude
36.32266° or 36° 19′ 22″ east
Elevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)
Open location code
8G5RH84F+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12506635867
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
171742
Wiki­data ID
Q4866091
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Barzeh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برزة مسبق الصنع”
  • Arabic: “برزة”
  • Arabic: “برزه”
  • Arabic: “مساكن‎‎”
  • Arabic: “مسبق الصنع”
  • Chinese: “巴泽”
  • Chinese: “巴澤”
  • Danish: “Barzeh”
  • French: “Barza”
  • Indonesian: “Barza”
  • Indonesian: “Barzah”
  • Indonesian: “Barzeh, Suriah”
  • Indonesian: “Barzeh”
  • Persian: “برزه”
  • Polish: “Barza”
  • Russian: “Барза”
  • Russian: “Барзе”
  • Spanish: “Barza”
  • Spanish: “Barzeh”
  • Turkish: “Berze, Suriye”
  • Turkish: “Berze”
  • Uzbek: “Barze”
  • Vietnamese: “Barzeh, Syria”
  • Vietnamese: “Barzeh”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barzeh”. Photo: El Mono Español, CC BY-SA 4.0.