Damascus
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.
- City with about 2,690,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 680 metres (2,230 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code DAM
- Description: capital and largest city of Syria
- Also known as“Al-Shām”“Cham”“Dammeseq”“Dimashk”“Dimashk al-Shām”“Dimashq”“Dimeshki esh Sham”“Dimishq”“Esh Shām”“Jasmine city”“Mint of Damascus”“Sham city”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and A’zm Palace.
A’zm Palace
Al-Azm Palace is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749.
Citadel of Damascus
The Citadel of Damascus is an Ayyubid-era medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Tarma and Zamalka.
Damascus
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Latitude
33.5131° or 33° 30′ 47″ north
Longitude
36.3096° or 36° 18′ 35″ east
UN/LOCODE
SY DAM
Open location code
8G5RG875+6R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Damascus” goes by many names.
DamaskusAchinese
DamsyikAchinese
DimasqAchinese
ДамаскAdyghe
DamaskusAfrikaans
DamaskuAlbanian
ደማስቆAmharic
ΔαμασκόςAncient Greek (to 1453)
الشامArabic
دمشقArabic
مدينة الياسمينArabic
DomásAragonese
ԴամասկոսArmenian
DamasArpitan
DamâscArpitan
ডামাস্কাছAssamese
DamascuAsturian
ДимишкъAvaric
दमिश्कAwadhi
DamascusAzerbaijani
DəməşqAzerbaijani
DiməşqAzerbaijani
ŞamAzerbaijani
DamaskusBalinese
DamsyikBanjar
ДамаскBashkir
ДимәшҡBashkir
DamaskoBasque
ДамаскBelarusian
দামাস্কাসBengali
দামেস্কBengali
DamsikBetawi
DamaskBosnian
DamaskBreton
ДамаскBulgarian
ဒမားစကပ်မြို့Burmese
DamascCatalan
DamascusCebuano
DamascusCentral Bikol
DamascusCentral Kanuri
دیمەشقCentral Kurdish
ДимашкъChechen
大馬士革Chinese
大马士革Chinese
大马士革 / 大馬士革Chinese
沙姆Chinese
ДамаскъChurch Slavic
ДамаскChuvash
DamaskCornish
DamascuCorsican
DimeşqCrimean Tatar
DamaskCroatian
DamašekCzech
DamaskusDanish
ދިމިޝްޤުDhivehi
ŞamDimli (individual language)
DamascusDutch
ДамаскEastern Mari
دمشقEgyptian Arabic
Дамаск ошErzya
DamaskoEsperanto
DamaskusEstonian
DamascuExtremaduran
DamascusFiji Hindi
DamaskosFinnish
DamaskusFinnish
DamascusFulah
DamascusGa
DamascoGalician
დამასკიGeorgian
დამასკოGeorgian
DamascusGhanaian Pidgin English
Jasmine cityGhanaian Pidgin English
Sham cityGhanaian Pidgin English
دمشقGilaki
𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍃𐌺𐍉Gothic
𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍃𐌺𐍉/DamaskoGothic
ΔαμασκόςGreek
NdamákoGuarani
દમાસ્કસGujarati
DamasHaitian
DamascusHakka Chinese
DamascusHausa
ShamHausa
KamakekoHawaiian
דמשקHebrew
दमिश्क़Hindi
DamaszkuszHungarian
DamaskusIcelandic
DamascusIdo
DamaskusIdo
DamascusIloko
DamaskusIndonesian
ДамаскIngush
DamascoInterlingua
DamascusInterlingue
An DamaiscIrish
DamascoItalian
ダマスJapanese
ダマスカスJapanese
ダマスクスJapanese
ダマスコスJapanese
DamaskusJavanese
ДамаскKabardian
TamasɩKabiyè
DimecqKabyle
DamascusKalaallisut
ಡಮಾಸ್ಕಸ್Kannada
ದಮಶ್ಕ್Kannada
DamashqKara-Kalpak
DamasqKara-Kalpak
دمشقKashmiri
ДамаскKazakh
ДимашқKazakh
ШамKazakh
Шам шаһарыKazakh
DamascusKikuyu
DamasikoKinyarwanda
ДамаскKirghiz
DamaskusKomering
다마스쿠스Korean
디마슈크Korean
디마스끄Korean
앗샴Korean
ŞamKurdish
DamaskLadino
DamesekLadino
DamascusLatin
DamaskaLatvian
ДамаскLezghian
DamascoLigurian
DamascusLimburgan
DamasLingala
大馬士革Literary Chinese
DamaskasLithuanian
DamaskLivvi
DamaschLombard
DamaskusLow German
DamaskusLuxembourgish
ДамаскMacedonian
दमिश्कMagahi
दमासकसMaithili
दमास्कसक पुरान सहरMaithili
DamaskôsyMalagasy
DamsyikMalay
دمشقMalay
ദമാസ്കസ്Malayalam
DamaskMaltese
DamaskuMaltese
y DamaskManx
RamahikuMaori
दमास्कसMarathi
دمشقMazanderani
دمشقMesopotamian Arabic
Dâi-mā-sáikMin Dong Chinese
DamascusMin Dong Chinese
DamascusMin Nan Chinese
DamaskusMinangkabau
დამასკოMingrelian
ДамаскMoksha
ДамаскMongolian
ديمشقMoroccan Arabic
ߘߌ߬ߡߊ߬ߛߑߞߎ߬N'Ko
ߘߡߊߛN'Ko
ߛ߭ߊ߯ߡߌ߲߫N'Ko
ߛߊ߯ߡߌ߲߫ ߛߎ ߘߏ߫ ߟߋ߬N'Ko
TóniyęęshíNavajo
DamascheNeapolitan
दमास्कसNepali
दमिश्कNepali
दमास्कसNewari
DamaskusNorthern Frisian
دمشقNorthern Luri
DamaskusNorwegian
DamaskusNorwegian Bokmål
DamaskusNorwegian Nynorsk
DamaskusNovial
DamascusNyanja
DamasikọsObolo
DamascOccitan (post 1500)
ܕܪܡܣܘܩOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
DamascusOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଡାମାସକସOriya
ДамаскOssetian
ਦਮਸ਼ਕPanjabi
DamascoPapiamento
دمشقPersian
DamaschPicard
DamaschPiemontese
DamaszekPolish
د مشقPushto
DimashqQuechua
DamascRomanian
ДамаскRussia Buriat
ДамаскRussian
ДамаскRusyn
DamaskosSamogitian
ᱰᱟᱢᱟᱥᱠᱚᱥSantali
دمشقSaraiki
DamascoSardinian
DamascusScots
DamascusScottish Gaelic
ДамаскSerbian
DamaskSerbo-Croatian
DamascusShona
DamascuSicilian
DamaszekSilesian
دمشقSindhi
දමස්කස්Sinhala
DamaskSlovak
DamaskSlovenian
DimishiqSomali
دمشقSouth Azerbaijani
DamaskusSundanese
DameskiSwahili
DamaskusSwedish
DamaskusSwiss German
DamascoTagalog
DamascusTagalog
DamaskoTagalog
ДимашқTajik
ДимишқTajik
DehliTalysh
DəməškTalysh
டமாஸ்கஸ்Tamil
திமிஷ்குTamil
DimäşqTatar
ДимәшкъTatar
డమాస్కస్Telugu
ดามัสกัสThai
དྷ་མ་སི་ཁོ་སི།Tibetan
دمشقTunisian Arabic
ŞamTurkish
Şam şehriTurkish
DamaskTurkmen
DamascusTwi
DamaskɔsTwi
ДамаскUdmurt
دەمەشىقUighur
ДамаскUkrainian
DamaskUpper Sorbian
DamaskusUpper Sorbian
دمشقUrdu
شہر دمشقUrdu
DamashqUzbek
DamascoVenetian
DamaskVeps
DamasVietnamese
DamascusVietnamese
DamascusVlax Romani
DimäjkVolapük
DamasseWalloon
DamascusWaray (Philippines)
DamaskoWaray (Philippines)
DamascusWelsh
ԴամասկոսWestern Armenian
ՇամWestern Armenian
DamaskusWestern Frisian
دمشقWestern Panjabi
大马士革Wu Chinese
ДамаскусYakut
דמשקYiddish
DàmáskùYoruba
大馬士革Yue Chinese
DamaskusZeeuws
DaqmajciqgeZhuang
i-DamascusZulu
ma tomo Tamaku
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