Az Zuhūr
Az Zuhūr is a locality in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Az Zuhūr is situated nearby to the locality Mukhayyam Filasţīn, as well as near Ash Shāghūr.Places of Interest
Highlights include Palestine Branch and Cemetery Bab as-Saghir.
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.
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.
Naqshbandi Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Murad Pasha Mosque is an early Ottoman-era Sufi mosque and mausoleum in Damascus, Syria, located in the Suwayqa sector of the Al-Midan quarter. The mosque was erected and named after Murad Pasha, who served as the Ottoman governor of Damascus between 1568-1569.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Midan and Damascus.
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.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
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. Babella is situated 3 km southeast of Az Zuhūr.
Az Zuhūr
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Az Zuhur”
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.48752° or 33° 29′ 15″ northLongitude
36.31028° or 36° 18′ 37″ eastElevation
681 metres (2,234 feet)Open location code
8G5RF8Q6+24GeoNames ID
11262513
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In Other Languages
“Az Zuhūr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لزهور”
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