Dummar

Dummar
Arabic: دمر‎‎
Municipality

Residential homes in Dummar
Coordinates: 33°53′00″N 36°23′20″E / 33.88333°N 36.38889°E / 33.88333; 36.38889Coordinates: 33°53′00″N 36°23′20″E / 33.88333°N 36.38889°E / 33.88333; 36.38889
Country Syria
City Damascus
Population (2004)
 • Total

96,962

[1]

Dummar (Arabic: دمر‎‎) is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, northwest of the city center. It is the largest suburb of Damascus by area.[2]

History

Its construction began in the 1970s and the first residents moved in during the mid-1980s. Today it is a largely middle-class suburb home to many Damascene professionals.[3]

The municipality includes the Kurdish neighborhood of Wadi al-Mashari (Arabic: وادي المشاريع‎‎, Kurdish: Zorava‎, meaning Valley Projects)[4]

Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, it has been called the "safest area" of Damascus, and was the site of a charity marathon for children with cancer.[5]

Districts

References

  1. ↑ Damascus governorate population 2004 census
  2. ↑ Enam Al-Wer; Rudolf Erik de Jong; Clive Holes (2009). Arabic Dialectology (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics) (Hardcover ed.). Brill. p. 251. ISBN 90-04-17212-2.
  3. ↑ Catherine Miller; Enam Al-Wer; Dominique Caubet; Janet C.E. Watson (2007). Arabic in the city: issues in dialect contact and language variation (Hardcover ed.). Routledge. p. 193. ISBN 0-415-77311-3.
  4. ↑ "Kurds of Damascus: Trapped Between Secession and Integration".
  5. ↑ "Syrian charities battle corruption".


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