Village in Rif Dimashq, Syria
Al-Qastal (Arabic : القسطل ) is a village in southern Syria , administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate , located on the northeast of Damascus , on the ancient caravan route to Homs and Aleppo , in the Qalamoun Mountains . Nearby localities include Yabroud , an-Nabek , al-Sahel and Deir Atiyah to the north, ar-Ruhaybah , Jayroud , al-Dumayr and al-Qutayfah to the south, and Ma'loula , Assal al-Ward and Hosh Arab to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics , al-Qastal had a population of 3,486 in the 2004 census.[ 1] Sunni Muslims .[ 2]
Al-Qastal was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a place between Hims and Damascus where the caravans stop. It is said to be the name of the Kurah (or district)."[ 3]
Kiswah Babbila Jaramana Malihah Kafr Batna Arbin
Douma Harasta Sabe Biyar Dumayr Nashabiyeh Ghazlaniyeh Harran al-Awamid
Qutayfah Jayrud Maloula Raheiba
Al-Tall Sednaya Rankous
Yabroud Assal al-Ward
An-Nabek Deir Atiyeh Qara
Al-Zabadani Madaya Serghaya
Qatana Beit Jann Sa'sa
Darayya Sahnaya Hajar al-Aswad
Qudsaya ad-Dimas Ein al-Fijeh
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