Jamraya
Jamraya or Jemraya is a village in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq in southern Syria. It lies 3 miles to the northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond Mount Qasioun, and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,160 residents
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Jamrāyā”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center.
Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center
Research institute
The Centre d'études et de recherches scientifiques is a Syrian government agency that has the goal of advancing and coordinating scientific and military research activities in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qudsaiya and Dummar.
Qudsaiya
Town
Photo: waill.hamada.1, CC BY 3.0.
Qudsaya is a Syrian city in Rif Dimashq Governorate and the administrative centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of Mount Qasioun, 7 km west of Damascus. Qudsaiya is situated 3 km southwest of Jamraya.
Dummar
Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dummar is a municipal district of Damascus, Syria, located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of Damascus in terms of area. Dummar is situated 3½ km south of Jamraya.
Maaraba
Town
Maaraba is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maaraba had a population of 10,290 in the 2004 census. Maaraba is situated 6 km east of Jamraya.
Jamraya
- Categories: populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.56913° or 33° 34′ 9″ northLongitude
36.23108° or 36° 13′ 52″ eastPopulation
1,160Elevation
871 metres (2,858 feet)Open location code
8G5RH69J+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12290387992OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11262053Wikidata ID
Q12919634
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jamraya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جمرايا”
- Chinese: “詹拉亞”
- Dutch: “Jamraya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جمرايا”
- French: “Djamraya”
- German: “Dschamraja”
- Persian: “جمرایا”
- Polish: “Dżumraja”
- Russian: “Джамрая”
- Scots: “Jamraya”
- Urdu: “جمرایا”
- Vietnamese: “Jamraya”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jamraya”. Photo: Yvonnefm, CC BY-SA 3.0.