Al Andalous Area
Al Andalous Area is a locality in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria. Al Andalous Area is situated nearby to the locality Arḑ al Ḩalālī, as well as near Arḑ al Janūbīyah.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bab ash-Sharqi and Palestine Branch.
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 3½ km north of Al Andalous Area.
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.
Bab Kisan
City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Kisan is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The gate, which is now located in the southeastern part of the Old City, was named in memory of a slave who became famous during a conquest by the Caliph Mu'awiya. Bab Kisan is situated 3½ km northwest of Al Andalous Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Sahm and Babella.
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.
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.
Aqraba
Village
Aqraba is a Syrian village located in the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of Rif Dimashq Governorate. Aqraba had a population of 6,799 in the 2004 census.
Al Andalous Area
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Andalūs”
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.48031° or 33° 28′ 49″ northLongitude
36.33136° or 36° 19′ 53″ eastElevation
665 metres (2,182 feet)Open location code
8G5RF8JJ+4GGeoNames ID
8419678
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