Darayya
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Place details
- Locality
- داريا
- Region
- محافظة ريف دمشق
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 71,596
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Darayya
- Settlement.native_name
- داريا
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ISS013-E-75037 - View of Syria - Darayya - Ashrafiyat Sahnaya (cropped).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Darayya, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya and Sahnaya
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Darayya
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Markaz Darayya Subdistrict
- Population
- +84044
- Elevation
- +689
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Fog in Darayya.jpg
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- P12749
- Emperor Shizong of Liao
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Syrian civil war
- Demographics
- Climate
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Darayya () is a suburb of Damascus in Syria, the centre of Darayya lying south-west of the centre of Damascus. Administratively it belongs to Rif Dimashq.
== History == Darayya is one of the oldest cities in Syria, reportedly the place where Paul the Apostle had his conversion (30s AD), "on Damascus road".