Zamalka
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| Zamalka زملكا |
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| — Veelage — | |
  Zamalka
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| Coordinates: 33°31′31″N 36°21′10″E / 33.52528°N 36.35278°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Rif Dimashq Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| Nahiyah | Arbin |
| Indwallers (2004 census)[1] | |
| - Tot | 44,661 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Zamalka (Arabic: زملكا) is a toun in soothren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate, locatit juist east o Damascus's neebourheid o Jobar. Nearbi localities include al-Qabun, Ayn Turma, Arbin, Saqba an Kafr Batna. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau of Statistics, Zamalka haed a population o 44,661 in the 2004 census.[1]
History [edit]
Zamalka wis visitit bi Sirie geografer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13t-century, durin Ayyubid rule. He notit that it wis "a veelage o the Ghautah o Damascus. The Siries aften pronoonce the name Zamluka."[2]
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p. 555.
