Ghouta
Sign in to saveGhouta ( / ALA-LC: Ḡūṭat Dimašq) is a countryside area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.
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- Name
- Geography
- History
- Ottoman period
- French colonial period
- Independent Syria
- Syrian Civil War
- List of settlements in Ghouta
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Ghouta ( / ALA-LC: Ḡūṭat Dimašq) is a countryside area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.
thumb|View of Ghouta from the mountains surrounding the area thumb|right|A satellite view of Damascus in 2006