Muhajreen

Al-Muhajreen

المهاجرين
Al-Muhajreen المهاجرين
Neighborhood
	Al-Muhajreen district in orange
Country	Syria
City	Damascus
Population
• Total	55,510

Muhajreen (Arabic: المهاجرين, romanized: al-Muhajreen) is a municipality and a neighborhood in the central part of Damascus, Syria,^[2] on the slopes of Mount Qasioun. The name means 'the immigrants'. It contains Abu Rummaneh, Al-Haboubi, Al-Maliki, Al-Marabit, Al-Mastaba, Al-Rawda and Shura. ^[2]

History[]

The village was first settled by Cretan Muslim immigrants in the late 19th century after they fled Crete, and was initially a suburb on the mountain. ^[3]

References[]

^ "Syria General Census 2004". Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Damascus Governorate Reference Map" (PDF). OCHA. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ Khoury, Philip S. (1984). "Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 16 (4): 507–540. ISSN 0020-7438. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

Coordinates: 33°31′31″N 36°16′29″E / 33.52528°N 36.27472°E / 33.52528; 36.27472

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[1] "Syria General Census 2004". Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[ocha-2] "Damascus Governorate Reference Map" (PDF). OCHA. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[3] Khoury, Philip S. (1984). "Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 16 (4): 507–540. ISSN 0020-7438. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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