Yalda, Sirie
| Yalda يلدا |
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|---|---|
| — Veelage — | |
  Yalda
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| Coordinates: 33°27′46″N 36°19′18″E / 33.46278°N 36.32167°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Rif Dimashq Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| Nahiyah | Babbila |
| Indwallers (2004 census)[1] | |
| - Tot | 28,384 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Yalda (Arabic: يلدا, also spelled Yelda) is a toun in soothren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate, locatit on the southern ootskirts o Damascus tae the wast o the Yarmouk Camp. Nearbi localities include al-Hajar al-Aswad, Jaramana, Sayyidah Zaynab, al-Sabinah an Babbila. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Yalda haed a population o 28,384 in the 2004 census.[1] The toun is the admeenistrative center o the Babbila nahiyah consistin o 13 touns an veelages wi a combined population o 341625 an aw.[1]
History [edit]
The toun haes auncient ruins includin foondations o hewn stane an Corinthian columns o basalt.[2]
Yalda wis visitit bi Sirie geografer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13t-century, durin Ayyubid rule. He notit that it wis "a veelage lyin some 3 miles frae Damascus. The feenal n is sometimes left oot, an the name pronooncit Yalda."[3]
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ Porter, 1870, p. 157.
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p. 552.
Bibliografie [edit]
- (1870) Five years in Damascus.
- (1890) Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee o the Palestine Exploration Fund.
