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Mezzeh - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 36°15′30″E / 33.50306°N 36.25833°E

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Al Mazzeh ٱلْمَزَّة
Municipality
Al Mazzeh
Fayez Mansour Street (Mezzeh Highway)

Al Mazzeh
Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 36°15′30″E / 33.50306°N 36.25833°E / 33.50306; 36.25833
Country	Syria
Governorate	Damascus Governorate
City	Damascus
Population (2004)
• Total	123,313^[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	BSk

Al Mazzeh (Arabic: ٱلْمَزَّة, romanized: al-Mazzah, also transcribed as al-Mazzah, el-Mazze, etc.) is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, due west of Kafr Sousa. It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mazzeh highway (also known as Fayez Mansour).

It started gaining importance when the French constructed Mazzeh Military Airport, which was the main airport in Damascus until Damascus International Airport opened. It also held the notorious Mazzeh prison until 2000. The municipality includes the Damascus University and contains many foreign embassies.^[2] The current presidential palace sits atop Mount Mazzeh and overlooks all of Damascus.^[3] It is one of the most modern and expensive areas of Damascus, especially the areas along the highway.^[4]

Districts

Al-Jalaa (pop. 3,514)^[1]
Western Villas (pop. 12,393)
Eastern Villas (pop. 13,776)
Mezzeh 86 (pop. 33,191)
Mezzeh al-Qadimeh (Old Mezzeh or Shaykh Sa'ad) (pop. 13,555)
Mezzeh Jabal (Mount Mezzeh) (pop. 22,655)
Al-Rabwa (pop. 10,002)
Al-Sumariyah (pop. 14,227)

The Western and Eastern Villa districts along the highway are affluent and cosmopolitan. The primarily Alawite Mezzeh 86 district is comparatively poor and has been described as a slum.^[4]^[5]

History

Mezzeh was originally a village outside of Damascus. It was allegedly founded between 661 and 750 by Yemeni migrants.^[6]

Mezzeh featured prominently in the 1941 Battle of Damascus. Compton Mackenzie later described it at the time as being "a large village standing at the junction of the road from Damascus to Beirut and Quneitra".^[7]

In 2012, during the Syrian civil war, residents participated in anti-government protests, resulting in arrests.^[3] In March 2012, the area experienced heavy fighting between government forces and defectors.^[8]^[4] The Alawite Mezzeh 86 neighborhood has been targeted by bombings of civilian and military targets.^[9]

Notable buildings and structures

Presidential Palace, Damascus
Former Mezzeh prison
Mazzeh Military Airport
Mezzeh Military Hospital (officially titled as Hospital 601); cited as the location of photographs submitted in the 2014 Syrian detainee report.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Damascus governorate population 2004 census
^ "Syria, the uprising and Mezzeh". francona.blogspot.com. July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Syrian protestors fill streets of Damascus". nytimes.com. 19 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Heavy fighting rocks Damascus neighborhood". nytimes.com. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ "Alawites in the "Mezze 86" district fear reprisals". aawsat.com. January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ Salamandra, Christa (14 November 2004). A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Bloomington. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-253-11041-1.
^ Mackenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. London: Chatto & Windus; OCLC 1412578. pg. 115
^ "Reports of heavy firefight in Damascus". aljazeera.com. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ "Explosive device in Mezzeh 86 kills 3 citizens, including a journalist". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ le Caisne, Garance (1 October 2015). "They were torturing to kill: inside Syria's death machine". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

Damascus

Historic and
other landmarks

Madrasas and takiyyas

Mosques

Churches

Catholic	Chapel of Saint Ananias Chapel of Saint Paul Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul
Eastern Orthodox	Mariamite Cathedral
Oriental Orthodox	Syriac Cathedral of Saint George

Synagogues

Historic gates

Souqs and caravanserais

Culture and
education

Entertainment

Streets and squares

Nature

Sport

Venues	Abbasiyyin Stadium Al-Fayhaa Sports Complex Al-Fayhaa Stadium Al-Jalaa Stadium Tishreen Stadium Al-Muhafaza Stadium Al-Fayhaa Sports Arena
Clubs	Al-Jaish SC Al-Majd SC Al-Muhafaza SC Al-Nidal SC Al-Shorta SC Al-Wahda SC Barada SC

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