American School

Damascus Community School is an unlicensed American school founded by the former US secretary of state John Foster Dulles in 1957 in , . The school was built to promote ideals and culture and to help steer away from becoming a Soviet satellite.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: private school in Abu Rummaneh, Syria
  • Also known as: “Damascus Community School”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum in Damascus and Al Jahez Park.

Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of , . As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history spanning over 11 millennia. is situated 1 km southeast of American School.

Park
Photo: Waseem Al Sakhleh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Theater building
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the national opera house of . Inaugurated on 7 May 2004, it is located in central Damascus, on the . is situated 650 metres southwest of American School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.

Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , . In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. is situated 3 km northeast of American School.

American School

Latitude
33.5173° or 33° 31′ 2″ north
Longitude
36.28228° or 36° 16′ 56″ east
Open location code
8G5RG78J+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48121475
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q5212025
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Egyptian Arabic—“American School” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدرسة الأمريكية”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المدرسه الامريكيه”

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