Damascus

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city national capital

Damascus is the capital and one of the largest cities of Syria, renowned as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and a historic cultural and commercial center of the Arab world.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Aram-Damascus 2
Old City of Damascus 2
Ancient City of Damascus 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
national capital ⓘ
airport Damascus International Airport ⓘ
callingCode +963 11 ⓘ
capitalOf Syria ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
demonym Damascene ⓘ
elevation approximately 2,230 feet ⓘ
approximately 680 metres ⓘ
governingBody Damascus Governorate ⓘ
hasCityPart Damascus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Damascus
hasUniversity Damascus University ⓘ
historicalEra classical antiquity ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
historicTradeRole important center on the Silk Road ⓘ
key city on trade routes between Asia, Africa, and Europe ⓘ
isOneOf oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
isSeatOf President of Syria ⓘ
People's Assembly of Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Parliament

Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian government
knownFor Damascene steel ⓘ
Damask textile ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
historic bazaars ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
near Lebanon Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Lebanon mountains
notableBuilding Azm Palace ⓘ
Citadel of Damascus ⓘ
Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad Mosque
notableMarket Al-Hamidiyah Souq ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
region southwestern Syria ⓘ
religionHistoricallySignificantFor Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
river Balikh River ⓘ
surface form: Barada River
role commercial center of Syria ⓘ
cultural center of Syria ⓘ
historical center of the Arab world ⓘ
political center of Syria ⓘ
servedAsCapitalOf Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains Damascus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ancient City of Damascus

Referenced by (91)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Damascus → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains → Damascus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient City of Damascus
John of Damascus → birthPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Ancient Israel → borders → Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aram-Damascus
Ibn Arabi → burialPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Mehmed VI → burialPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Muawiya I → burialPlace → Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aram-Damascus
Ayyubid dynasty → capital → Damascus ⓘ
Damascus Governorate → capital → Damascus ⓘ
Syria → capital → Damascus ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → capital → Damascus ⓘ
Saladin → capitalCity → Damascus ⓘ
Al-Walid I → capitalDuringReign → Damascus ⓘ
Muawiya I → capitalEstablished → Damascus ⓘ
Hülegü Khan → capturedCity → Damascus ⓘ
Azm Palace → city → Damascus ⓘ
Hejaz → connectedTo → Damascus ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III → conquered → Damascus ⓘ
Damascus Governorate → contains → Damascus ⓘ
Al-Walid I → deathPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Ibn Arabi → deathPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Muawiya I → deathPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Saladin → deathPlace → Damascus ⓘ
Saladin → deathPlace → Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Damascus, Syria
Ba'ath Party → foundedInCity → Damascus ⓘ
Muawiya I → governedCity → Damascus ⓘ
Homs → governingCountryCapital → Damascus ⓘ
Damascus Governorate → governs → Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Damascus
SYR → hasCapitalCity → Damascus ⓘ
Damascus → hasCityPart → Damascus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Damascus
Arab world → hasMajorCity → Damascus ⓘ
Levant region → hasMajorCity → Damascus ⓘ
Middle East → hasMajorCity → Damascus ⓘ