Explore Damascus in Syria
Damascus in Damascus City with its 1,569,394 inhabitants is located in Syria and is the capital of this country.
Local time in Damascus is 12:49 PM (Monday). The local timezone is "Asia / Damascus" with an GMT offset of 3 hours.
Khan Dannun, Irbin, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, At Takiyah, Ar Raqqah, Latakia, Al Ghizlaniyah, Byblos, Bcharre, Beirut, Baalbek, Tiberias and Ilaniyya are locations relativly near and could be worth to discover when around.A few smaller & nearer places interesting to visit on your trip may be Suq Sarujah, As Sinjaqdar, Birkat al Hattab, Bab al Jabiyah and Sarujah.
According to our records, there are 3 airports in the area. The closest airport is International Airport with a distance of 3.8 mi (or 6.1 km) north-east of the centre of Damascus. Have a look at our dedicated photo album to get an idea of what this destinations is like. Want to see live images? Visit our page with of local online cameras. Need a few ideas for finding things to see and want to know more about this place? Check the related Damascus attractions page. The same applies for local and videos.
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Sightseeing & Attractions
Damascus: "Damascus"("" , also commonly known as "الشام" "ash-Shām") is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ("see section: Ancient history"), before Al Fayyum, and Gaziantep. Its current population is estimated at about 4.5 million ...
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Jaramanah: "Jaramana" is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Its location, 10 Kilometers southeast of Damascus, makes it a bustling town of the Syrian capital, with Christian and Druze majority. There is also a Palestinian refugee camp near the town bearing its same name. Jaramana is also a favorite destination for Iraqi Assyrians fleeing their unstable country as well ...
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Damascus is known by different spellings and names throughout the world. These are the ones we know of.
Damasco, Damaskus, Al-Shām, Cham, Damas, Dammeseq, Dimashk, Dimashk al-Shām, Dimashq, Dimeshki esh Sham, Dimishq, Esh Shām, Damasko, Damaskos, Damasc, Damask, Damaszek, Damaskas, Damascu, Dimäjk, Дамаскъ, Şam, Damašek
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