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Damascus
Da·mas·cus
[
də máskəss
]
capital city of Syria on the Baradá River in the southwestern part of the country. Thought to have been inhabited since 2000
bc
, it is one of the oldest cities in the world.
Population: 2,228,000 (2003 estimate).
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