Al-Dimas
الديماس | |
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Coordinates: 33°35′00″N 36°05′00″E / 33.58333°N 36.08333°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
District | Qudsaya |
Subdistrict | al-Dimas |
Elevation | 1,276 m (4,189 ft) |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 14,574 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Area code | Country code: 963 |
Al-Dimas (Arabic: الديماس), also known as Ad-Dimas, is a town in Syria,[2] located west of the capital city of Damascus.[3] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 14,574 in the 2004 census.[1]
Al-Dimas is the location where a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft crashed after being shot down by three Syrian surface-to-air missiles on August 9, 1974.