Dummar

Residential homes in Dummar
Dummar is the northwestern district of Damaskus

Dummar is the largest suburb of Damascus by area, located in the northwest.[1] Its construction began in the 1970s and the first residents moved in during the mid-1980s.[2] Dummar is located 5 km west of Damascus.[2] Administratively, Dummar is a municipality of the city of Damascus.

References

  1. ↑ Enam Al-Wer, Rudolf Erik de Jong, Clive Holes (2009). Arabic Dialectology (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics) (Hardcover ed.). Brill. p. 251. ISBN 90-04-17212-2.
  2. 1 2 Catherine Miller, Enam Al-Wer, Dominique Caubet, Janet C.E. Watson (2007). Arabic in the city: issues in dialect contact and language variation (Hardcover ed.). Routledge. p. 193. ISBN 0-415-77311-3.

Coordinates: 33°31′48″N 36°13′55″E / 33.5300°N 36.2320°E / 33.5300; 36.2320


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