Bāb Tūmā
Bāb Tūmā is a locality in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Bāb Tūmā is situated nearby to the locality Ḩārat az Zaytūn, as well as near Ḩārat al Yahūd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of Saint George and Bab ash-Sharqi.
Cathedral of Saint George
Church
The Cathedral of Saint George is a Syriac Orthodox cathedral located in Bab Tuma district, in Old Damascus, Syria. The Cathedral acts as the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 1959.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
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.
Sarouja
Town
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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.
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. Jobar is situated 2½ km northeast of Bāb Tūmā.
Bāb Tūmā
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Bab Tuma” and “Ḩārat Bāb Tūmā”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.5108° or 33° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
36.3154° or 36° 18′ 55″ eastElevation
690 metres (2,264 feet)Open location code
8G5RG868+85GeoNames ID
7642471
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In Other Languages
“Bāb Tūmā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب توما”
- Arabic: “حارة باب توما”
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