Al ‘Uqaybah
Al ‘Uqaybah is a locality in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Al ‘Uqaybah is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy ad Dīwānīyah, as well as near Ad Daḩdāḩ.Places of Interest
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Citadel of Damascus.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
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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.
Citadel of Damascus
Castle
Photo: Mewes, Public domain.
The Citadel of Damascus is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
Bab al-Faradis
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Faradis or Bab al-Amara is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The other name, Bab Al-Amara, refers to a name of a district in the old city where people in the 14th century would meet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.
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.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Abu Jarash
Quarter
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.
Al ‘Uqaybah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “‘Uqaybah”, “‘Utqaybah”, “Al `Uqaybah”, “Ḩayy al ‘Uqaybah”, and “Oukaibeh”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.5163° or 33° 30′ 59″ northLongitude
36.303° or 36° 18′ 11″ eastElevation
699 metres (2,293 feet)Open location code
8G5RG883+G5GeoNames ID
7642457
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In Other Languages
“Al ‘Uqaybah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العقيبة”
- Arabic: “حي العقيبة”
- Arabic: “عقيبة”
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