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Damascus's population in 2004 was estimated to be 2.7 million people. [120] The estimated population of Damascus in 2011 was 1,711,000. However, in 2022, the city had an estimated population of 2,503,000, which in early 2023 rose to 2,584,771. [121] Damascus is the center of a crowded metropolitan area with an estimated population of 5 million.
Lying on the south bank of Barada River, the ancient city was founded in the 3rd millennium B.C.The horizontal diameter of the oval is about 1.5 km (0.9 mi) which is known as Damascus Straight Street, while the vertical diameter (Latin: Cardus Maximus) is about 1 km (0.6 mi).
7th–19th centuries. 613 – Sasanian captured Damascus during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628. 634 – Arab conquest of Damascus under Khalid ibn al-Walid. [1] 715 – Great Mosque built by Al-Walid I by converting the church of St John the Baptist constructed by Arcadius. [1] 789 – Qubbat al-Khazna built.
On 23 August 1993 a joint Japan-Syria excavation team discovered fossilized Paleolithic human remains at the Dederiyeh Cave some 400 km north of Damascus. The bones found in this massive cave were those of a Neanderthal child, estimated to have been about two years old, who lived in the Middle Palaeolithic era (ca. 200,000 to 40,000 years ago ...
Arab States. The Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Its religious importance stems from the eschatological reports concerning the mosque ...
Since Damascus Post 171 was founded after World War II, it has engaged in charitable and civic endeavors, ranging from installing Christmas decorations downtown to sponsoring high school scholarships. Post 171 is host to annual ceremonies commemorating Memorial Day and Veterans Day on the grounds of the Post home.
2012. Publication place. Lebanon. Pages. 21568. ISBN. 9782745160966. The History of Damascus ( Arabic: تاريخ دمشق, romanized : Tarikh Dimashq) is a major classical Islamic encyclopedic work and is considered the largest biographical dictionary produced in history by a medieval Muslim historian, Ibn Asakir. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. General context: History of Damascus. Aram Damascus. Rezon I (c. 950 BC) Tabrimmon;