Al-Dimas
Al-Dimas, also known as Ad-Dimas, is a town in Syria, located west of the capital city of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 14,574 in the 2004 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 14,600 residents
- Description: Syrian town
- Also known as: “Ad Dimas”, “Ad Dīmās”, “Ad-Dimas”, and “Khan Dimez”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nabi Habeel Mosque.
Nabi Habeel Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Toushiro, Public domain.
The Nabi Habeel Mosque, or "Mosque of the Prophet Abel", is a shrine and Shi'ia mosque dedicated to Habeel, located on the west mountains of Damascus, near the Zabadani Valley, overlooking the villages of the Barada river, in Syria, the Levant. Nabi Habeel Mosque is situated 4 km north of Al-Dimas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qura al-Sham.
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 5 km southeast of Al-Dimas.
Al-Dimas
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.58777° or 33° 35′ 16″ northLongitude
36.09211° or 36° 5′ 32″ eastPopulation
14,600Elevation
1,109 metres (3,638 feet)Open location code
8G5RH3QR+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 573517417OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
174239Wikidata ID
Q4118344
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Satellite Map
Discover Al-Dimas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al-Dimas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Dīmās”
- Arabic: “الديماس”
- Arabic: “ديماس (توضيح)”
- Arabic: “ديماس”
- Armenian: “Ալ-Դիմաս”
- Belarusian: “Дымас”
- Dutch: “Al-Dimas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الديماس”
- French: “Ad-Dimase”
- German: “ad-Dimas”
- Hebrew: “א-דימאס”
- Japanese: “アッ゠ディーマース”
- Korean: “아띠마스”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Dimas”
- Persian: “الدیماس”
- Polish: “Ad-Dimas”
- Russian: “Ад-Димас”
- Russian: “Димас”
- Russian: “تحية لماضي بغيابو”
- Scots: “Al-Dimas”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Dimas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Khan Maysalun and Bab al Maghar.
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Highlights include الفرقة الرابعة and Jabal az Zuhrīyah.
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