Jayrud
Sign in to saveJairoud (; also spelled Jerud or Jayroud) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include ar-Ruhaybah, al-Qutayfah and Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun to the southwest, Yabroud, an-Nabek and Deir Atiyah to the north and al-Qaryatayn to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jairoud had a population of 24,219 in the 2004 census. The city is also the administrative center of the Jairoud nahiyah which consists of four towns and villages with a combined populati
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Place details
- Locality
- جيرود
- Region
- محافظة ريف دمشق
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 32,352
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jairoud
- Settlement.native_name
- جيرود
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rif Dimashq
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- al-Qutayfah
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Jayroud
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 24219
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- جيرود
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Jirud Subdistrict
- Population
- 39903
- Elevation
- 809
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- native label
- جيرود
- P12749
- Pekanbaru
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Jairoud (; also spelled Jerud or Jayroud) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include ar-Ruhaybah, al-Qutayfah and Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun to the southwest, Yabroud, an-Nabek and Deir Atiyah to the north and al-Qaryatayn to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jairoud had a population of 24,219 in the 2004 census. The city is also the administrative center of the Jairoud nahiyah which consists of four towns and villages with a combined population of 31,821. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
==History== Excavations at the site produced microliths, blades, scrapers and other lithic tools dating back to the Natufian culture.
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