Al-Zabadani
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Al-Zabadani or Az-Zabadani (Arabic: الزبداني, romanized: az-Zabadānī) is a city and popular hill station in southwestern Syria in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, close to the border with Lebanon. It is located in the center of a green valley surrounded by high mountains at an elevation of around 1,100 m.
Al-Zabadani
الزبداني Az-Zabadani | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 33°43′30″N 36°5′50″E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
District | al-Zabadani |
Subdistrict | al-Zabadani |
Elevation | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 26,285 |
Area code | 13 |
It is located to the right of the international road linking Damascus to Beirut, in the middle of the distance between Damascus and Baalbek, in a mountain valley in the Syrian mountain range, where it rises between 1,150 and 1,250 meters above sea level. Zabadani is located in the semi-arid to semi-humid region, with an average rainfall of 500 mm per year. It is bordered by two mountain ranges, Mount Senir to the west and Jabal Al Shaqif to the east, and in the middle of it is a green carpet that forms the Zabadani Plain.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in the 2004 census Al-Zabadani had a population of 26,285.[1]