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Abu Jarash

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Country
  
Syria

Subdistrict
  
Damascus

Municipality
  
Al-Salihiyah

Governorate
  
Damascus Governorate

Population
  
12,798 (2004)

Abu Jarash

Abu Jarash (Arabic: أبو جرش‎‎) is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, ABu Jarash had a population of 9,600, all Muslims. The neighborhood was built around the domed mausoleum of Abu Jarash, also known as Abdallah ibn Sala al-Raqqi, a high-ranking Ayyubid royal court official.

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Abu Jarash Wikipedia