Ashrafia
Ashrafia is a town in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria and has about 30,500 residents. Ashrafia is situated nearby to the locality Ash Shaykh Ibrahim, as well as near the village Hawsh al Balas.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Mazzeh and Al-Kiswah.
Al Mazzeh
Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mezzeh is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, due west of Kafr Sousa. It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mazzeh highway. It started gaining importance when the French constructed Mezzeh Air Base, which was the main airport in Damascus until Damascus International Airport opened. Al Mazzeh is situated 8 km north of Ashrafia.
Al-Kiswah
Town
Photo: عبدالرحمن الصياد-أبوعابد, Public domain.
Al-Kiswah is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located approximately 13 kilometres south of Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad. Al-Kiswah is situated 8 km south of Ashrafia.
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. Al Midan is situated 9 km northeast of Ashrafia.
Ashrafia
- Type: Town with 30,500 residents
- Also known as: “Ashrafiyat Sahnaya” and “أشرفية صحنايا”
- Category: locality
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.4329° or 33° 25′ 58″ northLongitude
36.23998° or 36° 14′ 24″ eastPopulation
30,500Open location code
8G5RC6MQ+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3887032459OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Ashrafia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أشرفية”
- French: “Achrafia”
- German: “Aschrafija”
- Hebrew: “אשרפיה”
- Japanese: “アシュラフィヤ”
- Korean: “아슈라피야”
- Russian: “Ашрафя”
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