Ghuta

Ghouta is a countryside area in southwestern that surrounds the city of along its eastern and southern rim.
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  • Type: Oasis
  • Description: countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria
  • Also known as: Al Ghutah”, “Damascus Ghouta”, “Ghouta”, “Ghutah Valley”, “Ghūţat Dimashq”, “Oasis of Damascus”, “Plain of Damascus”, “Rhota”, and “Rhouta

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Sawa and Irbin.

Town
is a village in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located just east of .

Town
Arbin is a town in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located just east of neighborhood of .

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 7 km west of Ghuta.

Ghuta

Latitude
33.527° or 33° 31′ 37″ north
Longitude
36.389° or 36° 23′ 20″ east
Elevation
656 metres (2,152 feet)
Open location code
8G5RG9GQ+RJ
Geo­Names ID
173866
Wiki­data ID
Q1522001
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ghuta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الغوطة
  • Arabic: غوطة دمشق
  • Arabic: غوطه دمشق
  • Bulgarian: Гута
  • Catalan: Ghuta
  • Cebuano: Al Ghūţah
  • Central Kurdish: غوتە
  • Chinese: 乌塔大马士革
  • Chinese: 古塔大马士革
  • Czech: Ghúta
  • Dutch: Ghouta
  • Egyptian Arabic: غوطة دمشق
  • Esperanto: Ghuta
  • Finnish: Ghouta
  • Finnish: Ghutah
  • French: Ghouta
  • German: Ghouta
  • German: Ghuta
  • Greek: Γούτα
  • Hebrew: ע’וטה
  • Hungarian: Gúta
  • Indonesian: Ghouta
  • Italian: Ghuta
  • Japanese: グータ
  • Japanese: 東グータ地区
  • Korean: 구타 오아시스
  • Malay: Ghouta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ghouta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ghouta
  • Norwegian: Ghouta
  • Persian: غوطه
  • Polish: Ghuta
  • Portuguese: Ghouta
  • Pushto: غوطه
  • Romanian: Ghouta
  • Russian: Аль-Гута
  • Russian: Гута (оазис)
  • Russian: Гута
  • Scots: Ghouta
  • Spanish: Guta
  • Swedish: Al Ghūţah
  • Swedish: Ghouta
  • Tagalog: Ghouta
  • Turkish: Guta
  • Ukrainian: Гута
  • Urdu: غوتہ (شام)
  • Urdu: غوطہ

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