Damascus Governorate

AADM1 First-order administrative division · SY

GeonameId: 167541
Coordinates: 33.51667, 36.28333
Population: 1,711,000
Elevation: ca. 708 m
SRTM3 708 m · ASTER 704 m
Timezone: Asia/Damascus
Feature code: AADM1
Wikipedia: Article

Permalink: https://www.geonames.org/167541/damascus-governorate.html

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Places within this division

ADM2Damascus

Neighbouring divisions

ADM1Damascus CountrysideSY

Apr 16, 2026, 10:38:59raqazhet
add name :tt,Дамаск
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add name :sw,Dimashq
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add name :so,Dimashq
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add name :ps,دمشق
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add name :pa,ਦਮਿਸ਼ਕ
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add name :om,Dimashq
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add name :jv,Damaskus
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add name :ha,Damashq
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add name :am,ዲማስቅ
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add name :bn,দিমাশক
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add name :ms,Damashq
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add name :ky,Дамаск
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add name :uz,Damashq
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add name :kk,Дамаск
Dec 7, 2025, 08:52:19murinsel
add name :uk,Дамаск
Dec 7, 2025, 08:52:04murinsel
update name :tr,Şam>Şam İli
Dec 7, 2025, 08:51:50murinsel
add name :sr,Дамаск
Dec 7, 2025, 08:51:33murinsel
add name :sl,Guvernat Damask
Dec 7, 2025, 08:50:56murinsel
update name :hr,Damask>Guvernat Damask
Dec 7, 2025, 08:50:43murinsel
update name :he,דמשק>מחוז דמשק
Dec 7, 2025, 08:50:11murinsel
update name :fr,Damas>Gouvernorat de Damas
Dec 7, 2025, 08:49:46murinsel
delete name :en,Dimashq (s)
Dec 7, 2025, 08:49:27murinsel
update name :el,Δαμασκός>Κυβερνείο της Δαμασκού
Dec 7, 2025, 08:49:00murinsel
add name :az,Dəməşq mühafəzəsi
Dec 7, 2025, 08:48:05murinsel
update name : دمشق ar (>s)
Dec 7, 2025, 08:47:59murinsel
update name : محافظة دمشق ar (>p)
Dec 7, 2025, 08:47:38murinsel
delete name :null,Muḩāfaz̧at Madīnat Dimashq ()
Dec 7, 2025, 08:47:36murinsel
delete name :null,Muḩāfaz̧at Dimashq ()
Dec 7, 2025, 08:47:33murinsel
delete name :null,Madīnat Dimashq al Mumtāzah ()
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delete name :null,Damascus City ()
May 9, 2016, 13:16:20ptaff
update name :update name :fr,Gouvernorat de Damas>Damas
May 9, 2015, 07:27:21aileenm
add pop 1,711,000
Jul 29, 2014, 22:37:41aileenm
update name :update name : Dimashq null>en Dimashq (s)
Feb 15, 2014, 13:34:26svetlojar64
delete name :ru,Мухафаза Дамаск (p)
Feb 15, 2014, 13:23:24svetlojar64
add name :en,Damascus Governorate(p)
Feb 15, 2014, 13:22:27svetlojar64
add name :ru,Мухафаза Дамаск(p)
Feb 13, 2014, 16:15:23svetlojar64
name:Dimashq>Damascus Governorate
Feb 13, 2014, 16:14:52svetlojar64
update name :update name :(s)
Apr 3, 2013, 09:02:00nga
movement 2.413 km
Mar 5, 2013, 08:15:01nga
name:Muḩāfaz̧at Dimashq>Dimashq,cc2:SY>null
Dec 5, 2007, 23:28:11ebben
add name :no,Damaskus
Dec 5, 2007, 23:28:00ebben
update name :en,Damascus City
May 15, 2007, 15:48:42fips
add shortname :Dimashq

What do these codes mean?

The language code refers to the ISO-639-2 and ISO-639-3 codes.

en (english)
fr (french)

The language code may be followed by a hyphen and a country code or a country variant:

zh-CN
zh-Hant

Accepted pseudo language codes:

post (postal codes)
icao, iata, faac, tcid (airport codes)
abbr (abbreviation)
link (link to website)
phon (phonetics)
piny (pinyin)
wkdt (wikidataid)
unlc (UNLOCODE)
nuts (EU NUTS code)
lauc (EU LAU code)

p. = preferred
s. = short
h. = historical
c. = colloquial

Names in other languages

			Tags
`am`	Amharic	ዲማስቅ
`ar`	Arabic	دمشق	short
`ar`	Arabic	محافظة دمشق	official
`hy`	Armenian	Դամասկոսի մարզ
`ast`	Asturian	Gobernación de Damascu
`az`	Azerbaijani	Dəməşq mühafəzəsi
`bn`	Bangla	দিমাশক
`eu`	Basque	Damasko eskualdea
`be`	Belarusian	Мухафаза Дамаск
`bg`	Bulgarian	Дамаск
`ca`	Catalan	governació de Damasc
`ceb`	Cebuano	Damascus Governorate
`ckb`	Central Kurdish	پارێزگای دیمەشق
`zh`	Chinese	大馬士革省
`hr`	Croatian	Guvernat Damask
`nl`	Dutch	Damascus Governorate
`en`	English	Damascus City
`en`	English	Damascus Governorate	official
`eo`	Esperanto	Damaska Gubernio
`fi`	Finnish	Damaskoksen maakunta
`fr`	French	Gouvernorat de Damas
`ka`	Georgian	დამასკის მუჰაფაზა
`de`	German	Gouvernement Damaskus
`el`	Greek	Κυβερνείο της Δαμασκού
`ha`	Hausa	Damashq
`he`	Hebrew	מחוז דמשק
`hi`	Hindi	दमिश्क़ प्रान्त
`id`	Indonesian	Kegubernuran Damaskus
`it`	Italian	governatorato di Damasco
`ja`	Japanese	ダマスカス県
`jv`	Javanese	Damaskus
`kk`	Kazakh	Дамаск
`ko`	Korean	다마스쿠스주
`ky`	Kyrgyz	Дамаск
`lv`	Latvian	Damaskas muhāfaza
`link`	link to website	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_Governorate
`ms`	Malay	Damashq
`mt`	Maltese	Governorat ta' Damasku
`mzn`	Mazanderani	دمشق
`nan`	Min Nan Chinese	Damascus Séng
`no`	Norwegian	Damaskus
`nb`	Norwegian Bokmål	Damaskus
`om`	Oromo	Dimashq
`ps`	Pashto	دمشق
`fa`	Persian	استان دمشق
`pl`	Polish	Damaszek-Miasto
`pt`	Portuguese	Damasco
`pt-BR`	pt-br	província de Damasco
`pa`	Punjabi	ਦਮਿਸ਼ਕ
`ro`	Romanian	Guvernoratul Damasc
`ru`	Russian	Дамаск
`sco`	Scots	Damascus Govrenorate
`sr`	Serbian	Дамаск
`sk`	Slovak	Guvernorát Damask
`sl`	Slovenian	Guvernat Damask
`so`	Somali	Dimashq
`azb`	South Azerbaijani	دمشق اوستانی
`es`	Spanish	Gobernación de Damasco
`sw`	Swahili	Dimashq
`tg`	Tajik	Вилояти Дамашқ
`ta`	Tamil	டமாஸ்கஸ் ஆளுநரகம்
`tt`	Tatar	Дамаск
`th`	Thai	เขตผู้ว่าการดามัสกัส
`tr`	Turkish	Şam İli
`uk`	Ukrainian	Дамаск
`ur`	Urdu	محافظہ دمشق
`uz`	Uzbek	Damashq
`cy`	Welsh	Rhaglawiaeth Damascus
`wkdt`	Wikidata	Q2007044