Al-Dumayr

Dumeir, also Dumair, Damir and Dumayr () is a city located 45 kilometers north-east of Damascus, Syria.

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Settlement.official_name: Dumeir
Settlement.other_name: Dumayr
Settlement.image_skyline: Temple of Dumeir.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Temple of Zeus Hypsistos, Dumeir
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rif Dimashq
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Douma
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: al-Dumayr
Settlement.established_title: Settled

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Dumeir, also Dumair, Damir and Dumayr () is a city located 45 kilometers north-east of Damascus, Syria.

== Archaeology == An altar dedicated to the Semitic deity, Baalshamin in 94 CE, now in the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, indicates that a Nabatean religious building previously stood on the site.

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