American School
Damascus Community School is an unlicensed American school founded by the former US secretary of state John Foster Dulles in 1957 in Damascus, Syria. The school was built to promote American ideals and culture and to help steer Syria away from becoming a Soviet satellite.- Type: School
- Description: private school in Abu Rummaneh, Syria
- Also known as: “Damascus Community School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Library of Syria and National Museum in Damascus.
National Library of Syria
Library
Photo: Ahmadac, Public domain.
The National Library of Syria is the national legal deposit and copyright library of Syria, located in the capital Damascus overlooking the Umayyad Square. National Library of Syria is situated 500 metres southwest of American School.
National Museum in Damascus
Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria. As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history over a span of over 11 millennia. National Museum in Damascus is situated 1 km southeast of American School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
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.
Rukn Al Din
Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn al-Din is a municipality of Damascus, Syria. In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. Rukn Al Din is situated 3 km northeast of American School.
American School
- Category: education
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.5173° or 33° 31′ 2″ northLongitude
36.28228° or 36° 16′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG78J+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 48121475OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata 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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