Abu Jarash
Abu Jarash is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, Abu Jarash had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
- Also known as: “Abou Jarash” and “Abū Jarash”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al ‘Abbassiyeen Stadium and October War Panorama.
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.
October War Panorama
Museum
Photo: Jadd Haidar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The October War Panorama is a National museum located in Damascus, Syria which commemorates the memory of the 1973 October War between Egypt and Syria against Israel from a Syrian perspective, and the 1982 Lebanon War battles that were fought against israel.
Russian Embassy
Government office
The Embassy of Russia in Damascus is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the Syrian Arab Republic. The chancery is located in Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street in Adawi, Damascus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rukn Al Din and Jobar.
Rukn Al Din
Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn al-Din is a municipality of Damascus, Syria. In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city.
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.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Abu Jarash
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.53494° or 33° 32′ 6″ northLongitude
36.31158° or 36° 18′ 42″ eastElevation
735 metres (2,411 feet)Open location code
8G5RG8M6+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1119950317OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Abu Jarash” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو جرش”
- Dutch: “Abu Jarash”
- Persian: “ابو جرش”
- Uzbek: “Abu Jarash”
- Vietnamese: “Abu Jarash”
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