Zamalka
Zamalka زملكا | |
|---|---|
Veelage | |
  Zamalka | |
| 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 |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 44,661 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-13 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p. 555.
Bibliography
[eedit | eedit soorce]- le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
