City · Syria
Damascus
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
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- Population: 1,569,394.
- Area: 105 sq km.
- Timezone: Asia/Damascus.