Al Muqaţţa‘āt
Al Muqaţţa‘āt is a locality in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria and has an elevation of 954 metres. Al Muqaţţa‘āt is situated nearby to the locality Kīr al Ḩayyah, as well as near the area Al Khātimīyāt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Damascus Securities Exchange.
Damascus Securities Exchange
The Damascus Securities Exchange is a stock exchange located in Damascus, Syria. Founded in 2009, it is the only stock exchange in Syria. The Damascus Securities Exchange is a member of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qura al-Sham and Nahr Barbar.
Qura al-Sham
Village
Photo: Exmak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qura al-Sham is a Syrian village in the Qudsaya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qura al-Sham had a population of 1,067 in the 2004 census. Until 2024, the village was known as Qura al-Assad. Qura al-Sham is situated 6 km north of Al Muqaţţa‘āt.
Nahr Barbar
Locality
Pharpar is a biblical river in Syria. It is the less important of the two rivers of Damascus mentioned in the Book of Kings, now generally identified with the Nahr al-Awaj, also called Awaj, although if the reference to Damascus is limited to the city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be the modern Taura. Nahr Barbar is situated 10 km south of Al Muqaţţa‘āt.
Al Muqaţţa‘āt
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Muqatta`at”
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.5017° or 33° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
36.11601° or 36° 6′ 58″ eastElevation
954 metres (3,130 feet)Open location code
8G5RG428+MCGeoNames ID
8411731
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In Other Languages
“Al Muqaţţa‘āt” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المقطعات”
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