Muhajreen ( ar, المهاجرين, al-Muhajreen) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
and a neighborhood in the central part of
Damascus,
Syria,
on the slopes of
Mount Qasioun
Mount Qasioun ( ar, جَبَل قَاسِيُون, transliterated as Jabal Qāsiyūn) is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria. It has a range of restaurants, from which the whole city can be viewed. As the city has expanded over th ...
. The name means 'the immigrants'. It contains
Abu Rummaneh
Abu Rummaneh ( ar, أبو رمانة) is an upscale neighborhood and district of the Muhajirin municipality in western Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 6,421 in the 2004 census. The quarter is centered on the palm-tree-lined Abu Rummaneh ...
, Al-Haboubi, Al-Maliki, Al-Marabit, Al-Mastaba, Al-Rawda and Shura.
History
The village was first settled by
Cretan Muslim immigrants in the late 19th century after they fled
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
, and was initially a suburb on the mountain.
References
Neighborhoods of Damascus
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