Dummar
Dummar (Arabic: دُمَّر, romanized: Dummar) is a municipal district of Damascus, Syria, located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of Damascus in terms of area.
History
The construction of the district was launched in the 1970s, with the first residents moved in during mid-1980s. Today it is a largely middle-class suburb home to many Damascene professionals.
The municipality includes the Kurdish neighborhood of Wadi al-Mashari (Arabic: وادي المشاريع, Kurdish: Zorava, meaning Valley Projects)
Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, it was largely known as the safest area of Damascus, and was the site of a charity marathon for children with cancer.
Neighborhoods
- Al-Arin (pop. 14,285)
- Dahiyet Dummar (pop. 18,739)
- Dummar al-Gharbiyah (pop. 30,031)
- Dummar al-Sharqiyah (pop. 19,739)
- Al-Wuroud (pop. 14,167)
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Uptown Outdoor Mall in Dummar -
Mosque in Dummar -
Dummar Church -
A street in Dummar
References
- ^ Damascus governorate population 2004 census Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kurds of Damascus: Trapped Between Secession and Integration". Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ^ "Syrian charities battle corruption".
