Qudsaya District ( Arabic : منطقة قدسيا , romanized : manṭiqat Qudsaya ) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria .
5-548: Qudsaya District is located to the northwest of the Damascus Governorate and Mount Qasioun , covering the northwestern outskirts of metropolitan Damascus . The administrative centre is the town of Qudsaya . Until 2009, Qudsaya was a sub-district within Markaz Rif Dimashq District. In February 2009, the district of Qudsaya was formed, combining the former sub-district of Qudsaya with two sub-districts from
10-482: A location in Rif Dimashq Governorate , Syria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Damascus Governorate Damascus Governorate ( Arabic : مُحافظة دمشق Muḥāfaẓat Dimashq ) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria . Completely surrounded by the Rif Dimashq Governorate , it consists only of the city of Damascus , the capital of Syria. The governorate's area
15-567: Is around 107 km2, encompassing the area of the city of Damascus, while the population is around 2,503,000. Damascus occupies a strategic location on a plateau which rises 680 m (2,230 ft) above sea level and about 80 km (50 mi) inland from the Mediterranean, sheltered by the Anti-Lebanon mountains, supplied with water by the Barada River. The Anti-Lebanon mountains which mark
20-515: The Zabadani District . At the 2004 census, these subdistricts had a total population of 105,974 people. The district of Qudsaya is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī . Population figures in the table are as of 2004. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the villages, towns and cities in the following table make up the district of Qudsaya. This article about
25-540: The border between Syria and Lebanon, block precipitation from the Mediterranean sea, so that the region of Damascus is sometimes subject to droughts. However, in ancient times this was mitigated by the Barada River, which originates from mountain streams fed by melting snow. Damascus is surrounded by the Ghouta , an irrigated farmland where many vegetables, cereals, and fruits have been farmed since ancient times. The governorate occupies an area of 107 km , 79 km of which
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