Damascus
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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.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aram-Damascus | 2 |
| Old City of Damascus | 2 |
| Ancient City of Damascus | 1 |
| Damascus, Syria | 1 |
| city of Damascus | 1 |
| دمشق | 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.
this entity surface form:
دمشق
this entity surface form:
Old City of Damascus