Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It has been settled since at least circa 3000 BC, among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and its municipal area covers about 105 square kilometres. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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PopulationMetropolitan-area estimate (World Population Review, 2025); the article's infobox gives no plain city-proper population_total field, only this metro figure. Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Connections
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Damascus is Syria's capital.
Source Damascus (Wikipedia)
Capital Of
Damascus is Syria's capital.
Source Damascus (Wikipedia)
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first two sentences
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world.
Infobox: population_total
2,799,960
Infobox: population_as_of
2025
Infobox: area_total_km2
105 km2
Infobox: elevation_m
680 m
Infobox coordinates
36.3094
- Associated With: Syria, Lead section
Capital Of: Syria, Lead section, capital fact
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria.
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