Al-Salihiyah | |
Native Name: | Arabic: الصَّالِحِيَّة |
Other Name: | aṣ-Ṣāliḥiyya |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Syria |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Damascus Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Damascus |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 72,303 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Coordinates: | 33.5292°N 36.2875°W |
Al-Salihiyah (Arabic: الصَّالِحِيَّة|aṣ-Ṣāliḥiyya) is a municipality and neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. It lies to the northwest of the old walled city of Damascus and about 2.4km (01.5miles) southeast of the Citadel, at the foot of Mount Qasioun.[2] The quarter is famous as a resting place of venerated Islamic scholars, such as the mystic Sufi scholar and philosopher Ibn Arabi and the Hanabila Mosque. Further to the south, it also houses the Syrian Parliament building.