Muhajreen

Muhajreen

Muhajreen

Municipality in Damascus Governorate, Syria

Muhajreen (Arabic: المهاجرين, romanized: al-Muhajreen) is a municipality and a neighborhood in the central part of Damascus, Syria,[2] on the slopes of Mount Qasioun. The name means 'the immigrants'. It contains Abu Rummaneh, Al-Haboubi, Al-Maliki, Al-Marabit, Al-Mastaba, Al-Rawda and Shura.[2]

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History

The village was first settled by Cretan Muslim immigrants in the late 19th century after they fled Crete, and was initially a suburb on the mountain.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Syria General Census 2004". Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Damascus Governorate Reference Map" (PDF). OCHA. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. [3]
    Khoury, Philip S. (1984). "Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 16 (4): 507–540. ISSN 0020-7438. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

33°31′31″N 36°16′29″E


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