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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 95. Chapters: Acre, Israel, Ancient Greek sites in Iran, Ancient Greek sites in Iraq, Ancient Greek sites in Syria, Decapolis, Seleucid colonies in Anatolia, Damascus, Abilene, Opis, Antioch, Pisidia, Latakia, Banias, Beit She'an, Siege of Acre, Dura-Europos, Tarsus, Mersin, Umm Qais, Antakya, Edessa, Mesopotamia, Caesarea Philippi, Hippos, Zeugma, Commagene, Jerash, Laodicea on the Lycus, Arwad, Seleucia, Stratonicea, Apamea, Qanawat, Seleucia Pieria, Khan al-Umdan, Hapoel Acre F.C., Charax Spasinu, Acre Railway Station, Mansion of Bahji, Laodicea Combusta, Famast, Pella, Jordan, Al-Muallaq Mosque, Singara, Seleucia at the Zeugma, Seleucia Sidera, Pompeian era, Akko Light, Antiochia ad Cragum, Nysa, Abila Lysaniou, Antioch on the Maeander, Birtha, Anthemusias, Laodicea ad Libanum, Paltus, Antiochia ad Taurum, Apamea Ragiana, Artemita, Antiochia ad Pyramum, Seleucia ad Belum, Dion, Jordan, Antiochia in Mesopotamia, Antiochia in Scythia, Antiochia Lamotis, Raphana, Syrian tetrapolis, Temukan, Triparadeisos, Antiochia in Sittacene, Beit Ras, Antiochia Paraliou, Antiochia, Lydia, Demetrias in Assyria, Pinara. Excerpt: Damascus (Arabic: ), commonly known in Syria as Al Sham (Arabic: ), and as the City of Jasmine (Arabic: ), is the capital and the largest city of Syria and one of the country's 14 governorates. The Damascus Governorate is ruled by a governor appointed by the Minister of Interior. Damascus is a major cultural and religious center of the Levant. The city has an estimated population of 4,211,000 (2009 est.). Located in southwestern Syria, Damascus is the center of a large metropolitan area of 6 million people (2009). Geographically embedded on the eastern foothills of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range 80 kilometres (50 mi) inland from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean on a plateau 680 metres (2,230 ft) above sea-...
