View source for Damascus

{{Infobox Italian Location
|country = Syria
|state = Damascus Governorate
|map = <map lat='33.507908050537104' lng='36.28028869628906' zoom='12' view='3' />
|pop = 1.834.000
|plate = 
|motorways = 
}}
'''Damascus''' (''Arabic:'' دمشق  ; '''Dimashq''', also commonly known as الشام '''ash-Shām''') is the capital of [[Syria]] and its largest city.

You can get a free and useful map of Damascus at the tourist office. It's located near the ''Yussof Al'Azmeh'' Place, just walk there northwards for some 200 meters and you'll find the office on the left side.