Zamalka

Zamalka (Arabic: زملكا‎) is a suburb of Damascus in Syria, located 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi) east-northeast of Old Damascus. It is administratively a part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Nearby localities include Jobar and Qaboun to west and northwest, Harasta and Arbin to north and northeast, Hamouriyah and Saqba to east, Kafr Batna to southeast, Ein Tarma to the south and Al-Maamouniye to southwest. The Aleppo-Damascus Highway is the districts boundary in the west, separating Zamalka from the Jobar municipality of Damascus.[1]

Zamalka

زملكا
Village
Zamalka
Coordinates: 33°31′31″N 36°21′10″E
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictMarkaz Rif Dimashq
NahiyahArbin
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total44,661
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Zamalka had a population of 44,661 in the 2004 census.[2]

History

Zamalka was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village of the Ghautah of Damascus. The Syrians often pronounce the name Zamluka."[3]

Zamalka was under rebel control for much of the Syrian Civil War. It was one of the areas hit by a sarin attack on 21 August 2013 (the Ghouta chemical attack) during the Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013). Rebels surrendered to government forces on 23 March 2018, during the Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018).[4]

References
  1. "Zamalka/Damaskus - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
  2. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  3. le Strange, 1890, p. 555
  4. “https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/syria-evacuation-deal-reached-eastern-ghouta-180323172422418.html Syria: Second Evacuation Deal Reached in Eastern Ghouta]” Al Jazeera, March 23, 2018.

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