Baramkeh

Baramkeh
البرامكة
Neighborhood
Baramkeh

Location in Syria

Coordinates: SY 33°30′22″N 36°17′12″E / 33.50611°N 36.28667°E / 33.50611; 36.28667Coordinates: SY 33°30′22″N 36°17′12″E / 33.50611°N 36.28667°E / 33.50611; 36.28667
Country  Syria
Governorate Damascus Governorate
Subdistrict Damascus
Municipality Qanawat
Population (2004)
  Total 14,969

Baramkeh (Arabic: البرامكة) is a neighborhood and district of the Qanawat municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 14,969 in the 2004 census.[1] The neighborhood was founded during the late 19th century, during Ottoman rule.[2] A military secondary school was established in Baramkeh in 1890s.[3] The district contains a campus of the Damascus University.

References

  1. Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census
  2. Hanssen, Jenns; Philipp, Thomas; Weber, Stefan, eds. (2002). The Empire in the City: Arab Provincial Capitals in the Late Ottoman Empire. Ergon in Kommission.
  3. Chalcraft, John (2016). Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East. Cambridge University Press. p. 226.
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