Dūmā
Douma or Duma is a city in Syria.
Douma or Duma is a city in Syria. Its centre is about 10 km (6 mi) northeast of the centre of Damascus. Being a part of Rif Dimashq Governorate, the city is also the administrative centre of Douma District. Douma is a major city of the region known as Ghouta, for the peri-urban settlements to the east and south of Damascus.
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Worth seeing in and around Dūmā
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Abbasiyyin Stadium
The Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Damascus, Syria, that is currently closed. It mostly hosted football matches and served as the home venue of the Syrian national team in the past.
9.2 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 02October War Panorama
The October War Panorama is a National museum located in Damascus, Syria which commemorates the memory of the 1973 October War between Egypt and Syria against Israel from a Syrian perspective, and the 1982 Lebanon War battles that were fought against Israel.
8.4 km · National museum in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia - 03Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology
The Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology is center of excellence for higher education, research & development in Damascus, Syria. It is linked to the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center.
8.4 km · University in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dūmā
- Airports
- Damascus (DAM), 21 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 89 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 182 km
- Aleppo → Dūmā300 km · quickest by air, 4h 38m · $170–250
- Beirut → Dūmā91 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · $10–13
- Amman → Dūmā56 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · JD4–5
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dūmā
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dūmā. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Dūmā
Dūmā is 12 km from Damascus, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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