Dummar
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| name = Dummar
| native_name = دُمَّر
| settlement_type = Municipality
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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria
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| subdivision_name1 = Damascus Governorate
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| subdivision_name2 = Damascus
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| population_total = 96,962
| population_as_of = 2004
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Dummar ({{langx|ar|دُمَّر|Dummar}}) is a municipal district of Damascus, Syria, located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of Damascus in terms of area.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ93Usv6ni4C&pg=PA251 |title=Arabic Dialectology (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics)|author1=Enam Al-Wer |author2=Rudolf Erik de Jong |author3=Clive Holes |edition=Hardcover|publisher=Brill|year=2009|isbn=90-04-17212-2|page=251}}
History
The construction of the district was launched in the 1970s, with the first residents moved in during mid-1980s. Today it is a largely middle-class suburb home to many Damascene professionals.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTgwXs6gOWYC&pg=PA193 |title=Arabic in the city: issues in dialect contact and language variation|author1=Catherine Miller |author2=Enam Al-Wer |author3=Dominique Caubet |author4=Janet C.E. Watson |edition=Hardcover|publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=0-415-77311-3|page=193}}
The municipality includes the Kurdish neighborhood of Wadi al-Mashari ({{langx|ar|وادي المشاريع}}, {{langx|ku|Zorava}}, meaning Valley Projects){{cite web|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/17762|title=Kurds of Damascus: Trapped Between Secession and Integration|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418022850/http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/17762|archive-date=2016-04-18|url-status=dead}}
Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, it was largely known as the safest area of Damascus, and was the site of a charity marathon for children with cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/12/syria-health-ministry-corruption-cancer-medication.html|title=Syrian charities battle corruption}}
Neighborhoods
- Al-Arin (pop. 14,285)
- Dahiyet Dummar (pop. 18,739)
- Dummar al-Gharbiyah (pop. 30,031)
- Dummar al-Sharqiyah (pop. 19,739)
- Al-Wuroud (pop. 14,167)
Uptown Outdoor Mall in Dummar.jpg|Uptown Outdoor Mall in Dummar
Mosque in Dummar.jpg|Mosque in Dummar
Dummar Church and Mosque in background.jpg|Dummar Church
HomesInDummar.jpg|A street in Dummar