Ḩiţţīn
Ḩiţţīn is a locality in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Ḩiţţīn is situated nearby to the locality Ţabarīyā, as well as near Al Karāmah.| 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. Bab Al Saghir is situated 4 km north of Ḩiţţīn.
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. Cemetery Bab as-Saghir is situated 3½ km north of Ḩiţţīn.
Palestine Branch
Military installation
Far' Falastine, also known as Branch 235, was a prison operated by Military Intelligence Directorate of Ba'athist Syria under the charge of Brig. Gen. Kamal Hassan between 2017 and 2020, located in Damascus, notorious for accounts of torture, coercive interrogation, and deplorable conditions related by its former detainees. Palestine Branch is situated 2½ km northeast of Ḩiţţīn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Babella and Al Midan.
Babella
Town
Babbila is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the southern outskirts of Damascus to the east of the Yarmouk Camp.
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. Al Midan is situated 2½ km northwest of Ḩiţţīn.
Beit Sahm
Village
Beit Sahem is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located Damascus's southeastern outskirts. Beit Sahm is situated 3 km east of Ḩiţţīn.
Ḩiţţīn
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Falesteen Camp”, “Hittin”, and “Mukhayyam al Filasţīn”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.4709° or 33° 28′ 15″ northLongitude
36.3086° or 36° 18′ 31″ eastElevation
681 metres (2,234 feet)Open location code
8G5RF8C5+9CGeoNames ID
8419634
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In Other Languages
“Ḩiţţīn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Ḩiţţīn”
- Arabic: “حطين”
- Arabic: “مخيم الفلسطين”
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Localities in the Area
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