Yalda, Syria Village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Yalda (Arabic : يلدا , romanized : Yaldā 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] nahiyah [ 1] Sunni Muslim , the majority of whom are Sufis .[ 2]
History
The town has ancient ruins including foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian columns of basalt .[ 3]
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."[ 4]
External links
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
