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    Qanawat (Arabic: ٱلْقَنَوَات, romanized: al-Qanawāt) is a municipality of the Damascus, Syria, due west of the Old City. In the 2004 census, it had a population...
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    Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASK-əs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the...
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    الحجاز, French: Gare du Hedjaz) is a former main railway station in central Damascus, Syria, close to the Marjeh Square. It was built as part of the Hejaz railway...
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    Barada (redirect from Rivers of Damascus)
    and, finally, the Qanawat canal pours into the southern quarters of the old city following Via Recta. Outside the city of Damascus, the water gathers...
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    Damascus Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, is divided into two cities: the city of Damascus and the city of Yarmouk. The city of Damascus is...
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    Canatha and Damascus). The names of the traditional ten cities of the Decapolis come from Pliny's Natural History. They are: Damascus was further north...
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  • Al-Hijaz (Arabic: الحجاز) is a neighborhood and district of the Qanawat municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 5,572 in the 2004 census. The...
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  • Baramkeh (category Neighborhoods of Damascus)
    named after Barmakids, is a neighborhood and district of the Qanawat municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 14,969 in the 2004 census. The...
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    Dimašqu-(Damascus), in the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The town of Naziba was located near Amarna letters Qanu, now named Qanawat, and biblical...
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    Ottomans used French spelling. Damascus Kanawat/Qanawat, 1906 extension Damascus Kadem/Qadem (Cadem Works) branch line Damascus-Cadem–Halep branch line to...
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  • dependent on the more powerful Bani Amer. By 1862, the Al Hamdan had lost Qanawat, which no longer came under any one particular family's rule, but rather...
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    The trip from the coast to Damascus initially took 9 hours and terminated at three different stations: Baramke Station, Qanawat Station, and Midan Station...
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    Ghuta (redirect from Damascus oasis)
    countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim. Ghouta is the Arabic term (ghuta) for...
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    destruction. However, in the year 1120, Zahir ad-Din Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus ordered a garrison of forty men to build up a fort in an unknown site of...
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    Bab Tuma (category Gates of Damascus)
    romanized: Bāb Tūmā, meaning: "Gate of Thomas") is an area of the Old City of Damascus in Syria, and is also the name of one of the seven gates inside the historical...
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    well-preserved Classical-era monuments in the world. Hauran towns such as Bosra, Qanawat, Shahba, Salkhad, Umm al-Jimal and numerous others contain Roman temples...
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    Bab al-Jabiyah (category Gates of Damascus)
    Damascus was conquered by Muslims In the Rashidu era. During the Siege of Damascus, the Muslim general Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah, entered Damascus peacefully...
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  • Tadamon, Syria (category Neighborhoods of Damascus)
    Tadamun) is a neighborhood and district of the al-Midan municipality of Damascus, Syria. The neighborhood has been active in the Syrian civil war. Until...
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    Saint Ananias House (category Churches in Damascus)
    ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul (who...
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    is a municipality and a neighborhood located in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, south and east of the Old City, and east of al-Midan. Al-Shaghour...
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    different region and the area around Abila Lysaniae, which is north-west of Damascus and always connected with the Paneas region too. But Abila Lysaniae and...
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  • Bawabet Dimashq (category Restaurants in Damascus)
    بوابة دمشق, romanized: Bawābat Dimashq, lit. 'Damascus Gate'), is a family owned restaurant in Damascus, Syria, that opened in 2002. It is the largest...
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    Abu Rummaneh (category Neighborhoods of Damascus)
    the Muhajirin municipality in western Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 6,421 in the 2004 census. "Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census"....
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    Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul (category Cathedrals in Damascus)
    located in Damascus, Syria. It is the see of the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus and is located in the Christian quarter of Damascus, 100 m west...
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    after the Barmakids, is a neighborhood and district in the Qanawat municipality of Damascus. Due to the recent clarifications of van Bladel, we now know...
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  • Al-Zahra al-Jadeeda (category Neighborhoods of Damascus)
    is a neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. It lies within the Al-Midan municipality, east of the Al-Midan neighbourhood. Damascus governorate population...
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    was the principal town in the district of Damascus and a relay station for the postal service between Damascus and Cairo. It was also the capital of sugar...
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    retrieved 2024-02-07 "At least 30 people killed in clashes, most of them in Damascus". Al Jazeera Blogs. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved...
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  • Al-Qassaa (category Neighborhoods of Damascus)
    Qasa'ah) is a neighborhood and district of the Sarouja municipality in Damascus, Syria. Qassaa is situated in the northeastern part of the city and borders...
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  • Al-Hariqa (category Neighborhoods of Damascus)
    الحريقة) is a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. It lies inside the walls of the old city south of the Citadel of Damascus between the late-Ottoman-era markets...
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