Damascus, Syria

Damascus is a very large place in the region of Dimashq in Syria with a population of approximately 1,569,394 people and is one of the largest places in Syria. Damascus is also the capital of Syria. Find all facts and information about Damascus.

Facts and figures on Damascus at a glance

Name: Damascus (Damascus)
Status: Very large place and capital of Syria
Population: 1,569,394 people
Region name (Level 1): Dimashq
Country: Syria
Continent: Asia

Damascus is located in the region of Dimashq and is also the regional capital of this region.

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Facts and figures about Damascus
PlaceStatusPopulationRegion
Damascus DamascusVery large place / Capital of Syria1,569,394 peopleDimashq Damascus Governorate

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Information on Damascus

Information on Damascus
Place nameRegion name Level 1CountryContinent
Damascus DamascusDimashq Damascus GovernorateSyriaAsia

Time in Damascus

Time in Damascus
Current timeSummer time (DST)Standard timeCurrent timezone offsetTimezone
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 3:14pm (15:14h)NoFri, 29 Mar 2024 - 3:14pm (15:14h)UTC +3.0Asia/Damascus

Geographic coordinates of Damascus

Latitude & Longitude of Damascus
PositionLatitude (width)Longitude (length)
Show on map33°30'36.7"N (33.5102000°)36°17'28.6"E (36.2912800°)

Distances from Damascus

Distances from Damascus
To equator (0° lat)To prime meridian (0° lon)To the largest places
3,715 km north of the equator3,354 km east of the prime meridianDistances from Damascus

Places around Damascus

149 places found within 5 km around Damascus. You can expand the radius of your search: 10 km15 km
Places in the regional area of Damascus
PlacePopulationDistanceRoute
Al Qanawat Al Qanawāt-0.3 km 0.2 mishow
Al Hijaz Al Hijāz-0.4 km 0.2 mishow
Itfa-eya Itfa-eya-0.5 km 0.3 mishow
Al Baramikah Al Barāmikah-0.6 km 0.3 mishow
Shrebishat Shrebishat-0.6 km 0.4 mishow
Al Hububi Al Ḩubūbī-0.8 km 0.5 mishow
Bahsah - Sinjaqdar Baḩşah - Sinjaqdār-0.8 km 0.5 mishow
Saruja Sārūjā-0.9 km 0.5 mishow
Birkat Hattab Birkat Ḩaţţab-0.9 km 0.5 mishow
Bab Sarijah Bāb Sarījah-0.9 km 0.5 mishow
Qabr `Atikah Qabr ‘Ātikah-0.9 km 0.6 mishow
Bawwabat as Salihiyah Bawwābat aş Şāliḩīyah-1.0 km 0.6 mishow
Bab al Jabiyah Bāb al Jābiyah-1.1 km 0.7 mishow
Sarujah Sārūjah-1.1 km 0.7 mishow
Ad Dahdah Ad Daḩdāḩ-1.1 km 0.7 mishow
Abu Rummanah Abū Rummānah-1.2 km 0.7 mishow
At Tayaminah At Tayāminah-1.2 km 0.7 mishow
Jaddat as Salihiyah Jāddat aş Şāliḩīyah-1.2 km 0.7 mishow
`Ayn al Kirsh ‘Ayn al Kirsh-1.2 km 0.7 mishow
Al Hurayqah Al Ḩurayqah-1.2 km 0.7 mishow
As Suwayqah As Suwayqah-1.2 km 0.8 mishow
Shaghur Juwwani Shāghūr Juwwānī-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Hayy ad Diwaniyah Ḩayy ad Dīwānīyah-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Al `Uqaybah Al ‘Uqaybah-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Ash Shuhada' Ash Shuhadā’-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Al Hamidiyah Al Ḩamīdīyah-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Ar Rawdah Ar Rawḑah-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Bab al Barid Bāb al Barīd-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Al Mujtahid Al Mujtahid-1.3 km 0.8 mishow
Bab Masalla Bāb Maşallá-1.4 km 0.9 mishow
`Amarah Juwwaniyah ‘Amārah Juwwānīyah-1.5 km 0.9 mishow
Hayy al Uzbakiyah Ḩayy al Uzbakīyah-1.5 km 0.9 mishow
Al Hammamat Al Ḩammāmāt-1.5 km 1.0 mishow
Shaghur al Barrani Shāghūr al Barrānī-1.6 km 1.0 mishow
Kafr Sousa Kafr Sousa-1.6 km 1.0 mishow
Hayy al Ma`rid Ḩayy al Ma‘riḑ-1.6 km 1.0 mishow
Al Mazra`ah Al Mazra‘ah-1.6 km 1.0 mishow
Mawsili Mawşilī-1.6 km 1.0 mishow
Mi'dhanat ash Shahm Mi’dhanat ash Shaḩm-1.6 km 1.0 mishow
Ash Sharkasiyah Ash Sharkasīyah-1.7 km 1.0 mishow
Ad Diwaniyah al Barraniyah Ad Dīwānīyah al Barrānīyah-1.7 km 1.0 mishow
Al Qaymariyah Al Qaymarīyah-1.7 km 1.0 mishow
Al Mazzaz Al Mazzāz-1.7 km 1.0 mishow
Maydan Wastani Maydān Wasţānī-1.7 km 1.0 mishow
Dimashq al Qadimah Dimashq al Qadīmah-1.7 km 1.0 mishow
`Amarah Barraniyah ‘Amārah Barrānīyah-1.7 km 1.1 mishow
Al Wahah Al Wāḩah-1.7 km 1.1 mishow
Harat ad Diwaniyah Ḩārat ad Dīwānīyah-1.8 km 1.1 mishow
Al Kharab Al Kharāb-1.8 km 1.1 mishow
Al Muhajirin Al Muhājirīn-1.8 km 1.1 mishow
Al Jisr al Abyad Al Jisr al Abyaḑ-1.9 km 1.2 mishow
Masjid al Aqsab Masjid al Aqşāb-1.9 km 1.2 mishow
Hayy Bustan al Quwwatli Ḩayy Bustān al Quwwatlī-1.9 km 1.2 mishow
Al `Adawi Al ‘Adawī-2.0 km 1.2 mishow
Al Madaris Al Madāris-2.0 km 1.2 mishow
Al Maliki Al Mālikī-2.0 km 1.2 mishow
Al Amin Al Amīn-2.0 km 1.3 mishow
Harat al Yahud Ḩārat al Yahūd-2.0 km 1.3 mishow
Al Jurah Al Jūrah-2.0 km 1.3 mishow
Ibn `Asakir Ibn ‘Asākir-2.0 km 1.3 mishow
Ar Rabwah Ar Rabwah-2.0 km 1.3 mishow
Ash Shaykh Muhyi ad Din Ash Shaykh Muḩyī ad Dīn-2.1 km 1.3 mishow
Bab as Salam Bāb as Salām-2.2 km 1.3 mishow
Al Mastabah Al Maşţabah-2.2 km 1.4 mishow
Shura Shūrá-2.2 km 1.4 mishow
Al Madinah al Jami`iyah Al Madīnah al Jāmi‘īyah-2.2 km 1.4 mishow
Bab Tuma Bāb Tūmā-2.2 km 1.4 mishow
Al Maydan Al Maydān-2.3 km 1.4 mishow
Abu Jarash Abū Jarash-2.3 km 1.4 mishow
Harat az Zaytun Ḩārat az Zaytūn-2.3 km 1.4 mishow
Al Haqlah Al Ḩaqlah-2.3 km 1.4 mishow
Bab Misr Bāb Mişr-2.4 km 1.5 mishow
Al Murabit Al Murābiţ-2.4 km 1.5 mishow
Az Zahirah Az Zāhirah-2.5 km 1.5 mishow
Al Madinah al Jadidah Al Madīnah al Jadīdah-2.5 km 1.5 mishow
Al Qassa` Al Qaşşā‘-2.5 km 1.6 mishow
Al Fayha' Al Fayḩā’-2.6 km 1.6 mishow
Qasiyun Qāsiyūn-2.7 km 1.7 mishow
Al Qusur Al Quşūr-2.7 km 1.7 mishow
Ad Daqqaq Ad Daqqāq-2.7 km 1.7 mishow
Bilal Bilāl-2.8 km 1.7 mishow
Al Ikhlas Al Ikhlāş-2.8 km 1.7 mishow
Al Mazzah al Qadimah Al Mazzah al Qadīmah-2.9 km 1.8 mishow
Ash Shaghur Ash Shāghūr-3.0 km 1.9 mishow
Al Firdaws Al Firdaws-3.0 km 1.9 mishow
Bab Sharqi Bāb Sharqī-3.0 km 1.9 mishow
Az Zuhur Az Zuhūr-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
Mawqi` al Qarim Mawqi‘ al Qārim-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
An Naqshabandi An Naqshabandī-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
Al Qa`ah Al Qā‘ah-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
Junaynat al `Abd Junaynat al ‘Abd-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
Az Zablatani Az Zablaţānī-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
As Sayyidah `A'ishah As Sayyidah ‘Ā’ishah-3.1 km 1.9 mishow
Ash Shaykh Sa`d Ash Shaykh Sa‘d-3.2 km 2.0 mishow
Al Wahdah Al Waḩdah-3.2 km 2.0 mishow
Al Ma'muniyah Al Ma’mūnīyah-3.3 km 2.0 mishow
Kafr Susah Kafr Sūsah-3.3 km 2.0 mishow
Al Istiqlal Al Istiqlāl-3.3 km 2.1 mishow
Al Ayyubiyah Al Ayyūbīyah-3.3 km 2.1 mishow
Mukhayyam Jaramana Mukhayyam Jaramānā-3.5 km 2.2 mishow
Rukn ad Din Rukn ad Dīn-3.5 km 2.2 mishow
Faris al Khuri Fāris al Khūrī-3.5 km 2.2 mishow
An Nidal An Niḑāl-3.6 km 2.3 mishow
Mazzat Basatin Mazzat Basātīn-3.7 km 2.3 mishow
Al Falujah Al Fālūjah-3.7 km 2.3 mishow
An Nasirah An Nāşirah-3.7 km 2.3 mishow
An Nuzhah An Nuzhah-3.7 km 2.3 mishow
Qazaz Qazāz-3.7 km 2.3 mishow
Dimashq al Jadidah Dimashq al Jadīdah-3.9 km 2.4 mishow
Mawqi` Khawajah Mawqi‘ Khawājah-3.9 km 2.5 mishow
Al Jala' Al Jalā’-4.0 km 2.5 mishow
Asad ad Din Asad ad Dīn-4.0 km 2.5 mishow
Ad Dahadil Ad Daḩādīl-4.0 km 2.5 mishow
Jurat ash Sharibati Jūrat ash Sharībātī-4.1 km 2.5 mishow
Haql al Jisr Ḩaql al Jisr-4.1 km 2.6 mishow
At Tadamun At Taḑāmun-4.1 km 2.6 mishow
Basatin ad Dahadil Basātīn ad Daḩādīl-4.1 km 2.6 mishow
Ad Dabbaghat Ad Dabbāghāt-4.2 km 2.6 mishow
Al Mazzah Al Mazzah-4.2 km 2.6 mishow
Al Qadam Al Qadam-4.2 km 2.6 mishow
Basatin ash Shaghur Basātīn ash Shāghūr-4.3 km 2.7 mishow
Al Luwan Al Luwān-4.3 km 2.7 mishow
Jawbar Jawbar-4.3 km 2.7 mishow
An Naqb An Naqb-4.3 km 2.7 mishow
Ard al Janubiyah Arḑ al Janūbīyah-4.4 km 2.7 mishow
Mazzah Sittah wa Thamanun Mazzah Sittah wa Thamānūn-4.4 km 2.7 mishow
Al Karmal Al Karmal-4.4 km 2.7 mishow
Al `Abruniyat Al ‘Abrūnīyāt-4.4 km 2.7 mishow
Masakin Barzah Masākin Barzah-4.6 km 2.8 mishow
Tabariya Ţabarīyā-4.6 km 2.8 mishow
Dummar al Gharbiyah Dummar al Gharbīyah-4.6 km 2.8 mishow
Mazzat Jabal Mazzat Jabal-4.6 km 2.8 mishow
Al Yarmuk Al Yarmūk-4.6 km 2.9 mishow
Mukhayyam al Yarmuk Mukhayyam al Yarmūk-4.6 km 2.9 mishow
Fillat Sharqiyah Fīllāt Sharqīyah-4.6 km 2.9 mishow
Al Jalil Al Jalīl-4.6 km 2.9 mishow
Huwayk Ḩuwayk-4.6 km 2.9 mishow
Bab al Bustan Bāb al Bustān-4.7 km 2.9 mishow
Hittin Ḩiţţīn-4.7 km 2.9 mishow
Ard al Hamrah Arḑ al Ḩamrah-4.7 km 2.9 mishow
Al Karamah Al Karāmah-4.7 km 2.9 mishow
Al Mustafa Al Muşţafá-4.7 km 2.9 mishow
Al Quds Al Quds-4.8 km 3.0 mishow
Al `Assali Al ‘Assālī-4.8 km 3.0 mishow
Al `Iraqi Al ‘Irāqī-4.9 km 3.0 mishow
Bi'r as Sab` Bi’r as Sab‘-4.9 km 3.1 mishow
Al Baytar Al Bayţār-5.0 km 3.1 mishow
Hawsh ash Sharbaji Ḩawsh ash Sharbajī-5.0 km 3.1 mishow
Al Andalous Area Al Andalous Area-5.0 km 3.1 mishow

Airports around Damascus

1 airport found within 15 km around Damascus. You can expand the radius of your search: 50 km100 km
Airports in the regional area of Damascus
AirportCodeDistanceRoute
Mezzeh Military Airport Mezzeh Military Airport7.5 km 4.7 mishow

External sources of information on Damascus

Damascus on Wikipedia