Jaramana

Jaramana () is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Ghouta plain. Its location, 3 kilometers southeast of the Syrian capital, makes it a bustling town in the greater Damascus metropolitan area, with a mostly Christian and Druze population.

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Place details

Locality: جرمانا
Region: محافظة ريف دمشق
Country: سوريا
Population: 99,999
Timezone: Asia/Damascus

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Key facts

Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3
Settlement.official_name: Jaramana
Settlement.native_name: جرمانا
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Jaramana City Council.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Jaramana city council
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: Markaz Rif Dimashq

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Wikidata facts

Country: Syria
Located in: Jaramana Subdistrict
Population: 114363
Area: 5.95
Elevation: 670
Image: Skyline of Jaramana Refugee Camp.jpg

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Demographics
Religious buildings
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==History== Jaramana was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century and noted it was "a district of the Ghautah of Damascus."

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