Al-Hajar al-Aswad

Al-Hajar al-Aswad

الحجر الأسود
Al-Hajar al-Aswad الحجر الأسود
	Al-Hajar al-Aswad Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 33°27′50.5″N 36°18′16″E / 33.464028°N 36.30444°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
District	Darayya District
Nahiyah	Al-Hajar al-Aswad
Population (2004 census)
• Total	84,948
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Hajar al-Aswad (Arabic: الحجر الأسود, meaning Black Stone) is a Syrian city just 4 km (2 mi) south of the centre of Damascus in the Darayya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate.^[2]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Hajar al-Aswad had a population of 84,948 in the 2004 census, making it the 13th largest city per geographical entity in Syria.^[1]

During the Syrian Civil War the district became a hotspot for Islamic State militant activity, whom control large areas of the district and used it for a staging ground for their assault on Yarmouk Camp in 2015.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004^{[permanent dead link]}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Template:Ar icon
^ map of suburbs of Damascus, google.maps
^ Haytham, Mustafa. "Clashes break out between ISIS and al-Qaeda in Damascus". ARA News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

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[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004^{[permanent dead link]}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Template:Ar icon

[2] suburbs of Damascus, google.maps

[3] Haytham, Mustafa. "Clashes break out between ISIS and al-Qaeda in Damascus". ARA News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

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