Al-Dimas ( ar, الديماس), also known as Ad-Dimas, is a town in Syria, located west of the capital city of
Damascus.
According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 14,574 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.
Al-Dimas is the location where
a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft crashed after being shot down by three Syrian
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
s on August 9, 1974.
Climate
In Ad Dimas, there is a Mediterranean climate. Rainfall is higher in winter than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Csa. The average annual temperature in Ad Dimas is . About of precipitation falls annually.
References
Populated places in Qudsaya District
Towns in Syria
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