Al Jahez Park

Al Jahez Park is a park in , . Al Jahez Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the town .
Photo: Waseem Al Sakhleh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Damascus Governorate, Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Jahiz Park” and “Hadiqat al Jahiz”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Umayyad Square and Damascus Opera House.

Square
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large and important square in , . It connects the city center with several important highways and areas, and contains important buildings, including the Ministry of Defense, Syria's national and the headquarters of the Syrian Armed Forces.

Theater building
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the national opera house of . Inaugurated on 7 May 2004, it is located in central Damascus, on the .

Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of , . As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history spanning over 11 millennia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.

Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , . In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. is situated 3 km northeast of Al Jahez Park.

Al Jahez Park

Latitude
33.51748° or 33° 31′ 3″ north
Longitude
36.28013° or 36° 16′ 49″ east
Elevation
708 metres (2,323 feet)
Open location code
8G5RG78J+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28845614
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
7642582
Wiki­data ID
Q21591550
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Satellite Map

Discover Al Jahez Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Al Jahez Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة الجاحظ”
  • Cebuano: “Ḩadīqat al Jāḩiz̧”
  • Swedish: “Ḩadīqat al Jāḩiz̧”

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