Qura al-Sham

Qura al-Sham is a village in the Qudsaya District of the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qura al-Sham had a population of 1,067 in the 2004 census. Until 2024, the village was known as Qura al-Assad.
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  • Type: Village with 1,070 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Qura Al-Sham”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qudsaiya and Dummar.

Town
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Qudsaya is a city in and the administrative centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of , 7 km west of Damascus. is situated 8 km east of Qura al-Sham.

Town
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is a municipal district of , , located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of in terms of area. is situated 10 km east of Qura al-Sham.

Qura al-Sham

Latitude
33.55772° or 33° 33′ 28″ north
Longitude
36.13339° or 36° 8′ 0″ east
Population
1,070
Open location code
8G5RH45M+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 325656586
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q16899048
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Qura al-Sham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرى ‎الشام”
  • Arabic: “قرى الشام”
  • Dutch: “Qura al-Sham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قرى الشام”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قرى ‎الشام”
  • French: “Qura al-Sham”
  • German: “Kura al-Sham”
  • Persian: “قری ‎الشام”
  • Persian: “قری الشام”
  • Polish: “Kura al-Sham”
  • Polish: “Kura asz-Szam”
  • Russian: “Кура-аль-Шам”
  • Vietnamese: “Qura al-Sham”

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