Ash Shāghūr

Ash Shāghūr is a locality in , . Ash Shāghūr is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palestine Branch and Bab ash-Sharqi.

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 , notorious for accounts of torture, coercive interrogation, and deplorable conditions related by its former detainees.

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 of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city.

City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the seven ancient city-gates of , . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Midan and Damascus.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.

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.

Village
Beit Sahem is a village in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located 's southeastern outskirts. is situated 3 km southeast of Ash Shāghūr.

Ash Shāghūr

Latitude
33.49235° or 33° 29′ 33″ north
Longitude
36.31517° or 36° 18′ 55″ east
Elevation
678 metres (2,224 feet)
Open location code
8G5RF8R8+W3
Geo­Names ID
8422857
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Ash Shāghūr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشاغور”

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