Damasco

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Damascus_International_Airport
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:areaCode +963 11
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:climate hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa)
gptkbp:coordinates 33.5138° N, 36.2765° E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:demonym Damascene
gptkbp:elevation 680 m
gptkbp:founded 3rd millennium BCE
gptkbp:historicalEvent Capital of Umayyad Caliphate
Conquest by Muslims (634 CE)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Damasco
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:mayor Adel Anwar Al-Olabi (as of 2023)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:City_of_Jasmine
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Yusuf_al-Qaradawi
gptkb:Saint_Paul
gptkb:Al-Farabi
gptkb:Ibn_al-Nafis
Michel Aflaq
Nizar Qabbani
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Al-Hamidiyah_Souq
gptkb:Azm_Palace
gptkb:Citadel_of_Damascus
gptkb:Straight_Street
gptkb:Umayyad_Mosque
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:oldestContinuouslyInhabitedCity true
gptkbp:population over 1.7 million (2022 est.)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Rif_Dimashq_Governorate
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:river gptkb:Barada
gptkbp:timezone EET (UTC+2)
gptkbp:timezoneDST EEST (UTC+3)
gptkbp:twinTown gptkb:Amman
gptkb:Beijing
gptkb:Belgrade
gptkb:Bucharest
gptkb:Cairo
gptkb:Istanbul
gptkb:Jakarta
gptkb:Madrid
gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkb:Sao_Paulo
gptkb:Sofia
gptkb:Tehran
gptkb:Yerevan
gptkb:Brasília
gptkb:Caracas
gptkb:Pyongyang
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient City of Damascus
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode س
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:דמשק
gptkb:Medio_Oriente
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5