capital and largest city of Syria
  • Sham city
  • Jasmine city
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    Damascus
    capital and largest city of Syria
    • Sham city
    • Jasmine city

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    image
    Damascus, Syria, Panorama at sunset.jpg
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    media legend
    View of Damascus at sunset. (English)
    Damaskus sett fra [[Jabal Qasioun]]. (Norwegian Bokmål)
    point in time
    2008
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    native label
    دمشق (Arabic)
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    demonym
    Damascene (English)
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    دِمَشْقِيّ (Arabic)
    applies to part
    masculine singular
    transliteration or transcription
    dimašqiyy
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    دِمَشْقِيّة (Arabic)
    applies to part
    feminine singular
    transliteration or transcription
    dimašqiyya
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    damasceno (Portuguese)
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    damaskolainen (Finnish)
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    Damaskano (Esperanto)
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    damascenus (Latin)
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    damaschino (Italian)
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    Damasquin (French)
    applies to part
    masculine singular
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    Damasquine (French)
    applies to part
    feminine singular
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    Şamlı (Turkish)
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    country
    Rashidun Caliphate
    start time
    635
    end time
    661
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    Umayyad Caliphate
    start time
    661
    end time
    749
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    Aram-Damascus
    start time
    12. century BCE
    end time
    734 BCE
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    Nabataeans
    start time
    37 CE
    end time
    105
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    Roman Empire
    start time
    36 CE
    end time
    394
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    Byzantine Empire
    start time
    395
    end time
    634
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    Abbasid Caliphate
    start time
    750
    end time
    1078
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    Seljuk Empire
    start time
    1079
    end time
    1260
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    Mamluk Sultanate
    start time
    1260
    end time
    1516
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    Ottoman Empire
    start time
    1517
    end time
    1917
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    head of government
    Maher Marwan
    start time
    15 December 2024
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    population
    1,834,741
    point in time
    2010
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    1,553,201
    point in time
    2003
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    1,431,821
    point in time
    1998
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    1,394,322
    point in time
    1994
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    1,112,214
    point in time
    1981
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    836,668
    point in time
    1970
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    789,800
    point in time
    1960
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    area
    105 square kilometre
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    DBpedia
    locator map image
    Damascus.png
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    detail map
    Damascus locator map.png
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    flag image
    Flag of Damascus (until 2024).svg
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    nighttime view
    Damascus by night.JPG
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    montage image
    Damascus coll.jpg
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    media legend
    Vistes de Damasc. (Catalan)
    Views of Damascus. (English)
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    page banner
    Damasco banner.jpg
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    aerial view
    Damascus SPOT 1363.jpg
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    Commons category
    Damascus
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    Identifiers

    VIAF cluster ID
    146573830
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    J9U ID
    987007557363105171
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    NL CR AUT ID
    ge553249
    subject named as
    Damašek (Sýrie)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification
    2--569144
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    Armeniapedia ID
    4834
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    FactGrid item ID
    Q83969
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    GitHub topic
    damascus
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    Gynopedia ID
    Damascus
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    iDAI.gazetteer ID
    2086499
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    Lex ID
    Damaskus
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    Pinakes city ID
    154
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    Pleiades ID
    678106
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    Quora topic ID
    Damascus
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    RKD thesaurus ID
    33803
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    SNARC ID
    Q1468
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    UN/LOCODE
    SYDAM
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    Vikidia article ID
    en:Damascus
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    it:Damasco
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    es:Damasco
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    eu:Damasko
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    fr:Damas
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    WikiKids ID
    Damascus
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    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
    09056411-n
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    YSO ID
    173967
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    Izvestia topic ID
    damask
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