Al-Shaghour
ٱلشَّاغُور aš-Šāḡūr | |
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Municipality | |
 Al-Shaghour on the district map of Damascus | |
| Coordinates: 33°28′27″N 36°18′11″E / 33.47417°N 36.30306°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| City | Damascus |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 119,569 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
| Climate | BSk |
Al-Shaghour (Arabic: ٱلشَّاغُور, romanized: aš-Šāḡūr) is a municipality and a neighborhood located in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, south and east of the Old City, and east of al-Midan. Al-Shaghour is one of the oldest recorded neighborhoods in the city.[2] The traditional neighborhood is divided into the part located within the Old City walls, known as Shaghour al-Juwani, and the much larger part located outside the walls. The latter part has become a municipality known as al-Shaghour.
Old al-Shaghour is separated from al-Midan to the west by Al-Beit Street[3] and from Harat al-Yahud (Jewish Quarter) by Al-Ameen Street.[4] The latter, named after a prominent Shiite figure, is the main road in the neighborhood and accommodates the market place and the main shops.[2] Al-Shaghour is also home to many of the prominent Shia Muslim families of Damascus.[2]
- ^ "Damascus governorate population 2004 census". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ a b c Miller, Catherine (2007). Arabic in the City: Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation. Vol. 5. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-415-77311-9.
- ^ Stoddart, Brian (2012). A House In Damascus - Before The Fall. Syracuse University Press. p. 129. ISBN 9781614173564.
- ^ Totah, p. 45.