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Zamalka

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official_nameZamalka
native_nameزملكا
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image_skylineFile:Ghouta Zamalka 22-2-2018.jpg
image_captionZamalka in 2018.
pushpin_mapSyria
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Rif Dimashq Governorate
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Markaz Rif Dimashq
subdivision_type3Nahiyah
subdivision_name3Arbin
settlement_typeVillage
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population_total44,661
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Zamalka () is a town of Damascus in Syria, located 3.5 km east-northeast of Old Damascus. It is administratively a part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Nearby localities include Jobar and Qaboun to west and northwest, Harasta and Arbin to north and northeast, Hamouriyah and Saqba to east, Kafr Batna to southeast, Ein Tarma to the south and Al-Maamouniye to southwest. The Aleppo-Damascus Highway is the districts boundary in the west, separating Zamalka from the Jobar municipality of Damascus.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Zamalka had a population of 44,661 in the 2004 census.

History

Zamalka was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village of the Ghautah of Damascus. The Syrians often pronounce the name Zamluka."

Zamalka was under rebel control for much of the Syrian Civil War. It was one of the areas hit by a sarin attack on 21 August 2013 (the Ghouta chemical attack) during the Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013). Rebels surrendered to government forces on 23 March 2018, during the Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018).

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Bibliography

References

  2. "Zamalka/Damaskus - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
  3. [http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-6-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang. ar
  4. le Strange, 1890, p. [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/555/mode/1up 555]
  5. "Syria: Second evacuation deal reached in Eastern Ghouta".
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