Yalda, Syria

Yalda
يلدا
Village
Yalda is located in Syria
Yalda
Yalda
Coordinates: 33°27′46″N 36°19′18″E / 33.46278°N 36.32167°E / 33.46278; 36.32167
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictMarkaz Rif Dimashq
NahiyahBabbila
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total28,384
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Yalda (Arabic: يلدا, romanized: Yaldā, also spelled Yelda) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the southern outskirts of Damascus to the west of the Yarmouk Camp. Nearby localities include al-Hajar al-Aswad, Jaramana, Sayyidah Zaynab, al-Sabinah and Babbila. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Yalda had a population of 28,384 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also in the Babbila nahiyah consisting of 13 towns and villages with a combined population of 341,625.[1]

History

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The town has ancient ruins including foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian columns of basalt.[2]

Yalda was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village lying some 3 miles from Damascus. The final n is sometimes left out, and the name pronounced Yalda."[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Porter, 1855, vol 2, p. 10
  3. ^ le Strange, 1890, p. 552

Bibliography

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  • Porter, Josias Leslie (1855). Five years in Damascus: including an account of the history, topography, and antiquities of that city : with travels and researches in Palmyra, Lebanon, and the Hauran. Vol. 2. John Murray.
  • Strange, le, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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