Az Zāhirah
Az Zāhirah is a locality in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Az Zāhirah is situated nearby to the locality Al Ḩaqlah, as well as near Al Maydān.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bab Al Saghir and Cemetery Bab as-Saghir.
Bab Al Saghir
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Saghir is one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. It has qubūr on either side of the road, and is located in the Dimashq Neighborhood, southwest of the Umayyad Mosque.
Cemetery Bab as-Saghir
Cemetery
Photo: Toushiro, Public domain.
Bab al-Saghir Cemetery is an Islamic cemetery in Damascus, Syria. It is about 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.
Al Moujtahed Hospital
Hospital
Damascus Hospital in Damascus is one of the largest hospitals in Syria. It was founded in 1947 and is run by the Ministry of Health. The hospital provides medical, therapeutic and surgical services to patients.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Midan and Damascus.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.
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
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. Sarouja is situated 3 km north of Az Zāhirah.
Az Zāhirah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Az Zahirah”, “Az Zāhirah al Qadīmah”, and “Masākin az Zāhirah”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.49035° or 33° 29′ 25″ northLongitude
36.30328° or 36° 18′ 12″ eastElevation
687 metres (2,254 feet)Open location code
8G5RF8R3+48GeoNames ID
8373196
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In Other Languages
“Az Zāhirah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الزاهرة القديمة”
- Arabic: “الزاهرة”
- Arabic: “مساكن الزاهرة”
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