Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā
Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā is a square in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā is situated nearby to the city gate Bab Touma, as well as near Bab ash-Sharqi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab Touma and Umayyad Mosque.
Bab Touma
City gate
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Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in Syria. It is one of the seven gates of Damascus, a geographic landmark of Christianity.
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. Umayyad Mosque is situated 1 km west of Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā.
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. Bab ash-Sharqi is situated 540 metres southeast of Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā.
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.
Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Sahat Bab Tuma”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.51381° or 33° 30′ 50″ northLongitude
36.31545° or 36° 18′ 56″ eastElevation
680 metres (2,231 feet)Open location code
8G5RG878+G5GeoNames ID
7642536
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In Other Languages
“Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحة باب توما”
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