Ein Tarma
Ein Tarma, also spelled Ayn Tarma or Ain Terma, is a suburb of Damascus in Syria, located 3 kilometers east of Old Damascus, just north of the Barada River, within an area called the Eastern Ghouta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 35,700 residents
- Description: village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
- Also known as: “‘Ayn Tarmā”, “`Ayn Tarma”, and “Ain Terma”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Bab ash-Sharqi.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Umayyad Mosque is situated 4 km west of Ein Tarma.
Bab ash-Sharqi
City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. Bab ash-Sharqi is situated 3 km west of Ein Tarma.
Al ‘Abbassiyeen Stadium
Stadium
The Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Damascus, Syria, 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. Al ‘Abbassiyeen Stadium is situated 3 km west of Ein Tarma.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zamalka and Hezze.
Zamalka
Village
Zamalka is a town of Damascus in Syria, located 3.5 kilometers east-northeast of Old Damascus. It is administratively a part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate.
Hezze
Village
Hizzah is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq District, Rif Dimashq. It is located in Eastern Ghouta. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hizzah had a population of 9,293 in the 2004 census.
Jobar
Village
Jobar also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of Damascus northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.
Ein Tarma
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.51441° or 33° 30′ 52″ northLongitude
36.34892° or 36° 20′ 56″ eastPopulation
35,700Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)Open location code
8G5RG87X+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 12356338721OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
172105Wikidata ID
Q18639606
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