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The Qalamoun Mountains () are the northeastern portion of the
Some of the cities located on the eastern part are:
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The Qalamoun Mountains () are the northeastern portion of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains
The Anti-Lebanon mountains (), also called Mount Amana, are a southwest–northeast-trending, c. long mountain range that forms most of the border between Syria and Lebanon. The border is largely defined along the crest of the range. Most of ...
, and they are northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus
Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
. They run from Barada River Valley in the southwest to the city of Hisyah
Hisyah (, also spelled Hasya, Hasiyah, Hesa or Hessia) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located about 35 kilometers south of Homs. Situated on the M5 Highway between Homs and Damascus, nearby localities in ...
in the northeast.
Western Qalamoun
The Qalamoun Mountains are home to many cities such as: *Homs District
Homs District () is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Homs
Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate ...
**Bureij
Bureij () is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the central Gaza Strip east of the Salah al-Din Road in the Deir al-Balah Governorate. The camp's total land area is 529 dunam, dunums and in 2017, it had a population of 28,024 with 28,770 regi ...
**Hisyah
Hisyah (, also spelled Hasya, Hasiyah, Hesa or Hessia) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located about 35 kilometers south of Homs. Situated on the M5 Highway between Homs and Damascus, nearby localities in ...
*Al-Tall District
al-Tall District () is a Districts of Syria, district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Tall, Syria, al-Tall. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 115,937. As of July 20 ...
** Al-Tall
** al-Dreij
**Halboun
Halboun or Halbun () is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Halboun had a population of 6,521 in the 2004 census.
** Maaraba
**Maarat Saidnaya
Maarat Saidnaya, or Maaret Saidnaya () is a mountainous village in Al-Tall District of Damascus's Countryside Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It sets on the plains of the Qalamoun Mountains that are overlooked by nearby city of Saidnaya at 1,200 ...
** Maarounah
** Manin
**Rankous
Rankous or Rankus () is a Syrian town and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside (Rif Dimashq) located in Mount Qalamoun (anti-Lebanon) in Syria, 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650 ...
**Saidnaya
Saidnaya (), also transliterated as Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, is a city located in the mountains, above sea level, north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It is the home of a Greek Orthodox monastery traditionally held to have been founde ...
** Talfita
*Yabroud District
Yabroud District () is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Yabroud
Yabroud or Yabrud () is a city in Syria, located in the ''Rif Dimashq Governorate, Rif Dimashq'' (i.e. Damascus' c ...
**Yabroud
Yabroud or Yabrud () is a city in Syria, located in the ''Rif Dimashq Governorate, Rif Dimashq'' (i.e. Damascus' countryside) Governorates of Syria, governorate about north of the capital Damascus. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics ...
**Assal al-Ward
Assal al-Ward (; also spelled Asal el-Ward) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus along the Syrian– Lebanese borders. Nearby localities include Hala, Hosh Arab and al- ...
** Bakhah
** Ras al-Maara
*An-Nabek District
an-Nabek District () is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central adm ...
**al-Jarajir
Al-Jarajir () is a Syrian village in the An-Nabek District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate (, Literal translation, lit. "Damascus Countryside Governorate" or "Damascus Suburb") is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, ...
**Al-Nabek
An-Nabek or Al-Nabek () is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Rif Dimashq and the capital of the Qalamoun. It is located north of Damascus and south of Homs and has an altitude of . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics ...
**Deir Atiyah
Deir Atiyah or Dayr Atiyah () is a town in Syria, located between the Qalamoun Mountains and the Eastern Lebanon Mountains Series, north of the capital Damascus and on the road to the city of Homs. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Stat ...
** Flita
** Qara
** al-Qastal
**Al-Sahel
Al-Sahel (, also transliterated As-Sahel and As-Sehel) is a Syrian village in the An-Nabek District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sahel had a population of 5,677 in the 2004 census. ...
*Al-Qutayfah District
al-Qutayfah District () is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central a ...
**Ain al-Tinah
Ain al-Tinah () is a Syrian village in the Al-Qutayfah District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ain al-Tinah had a population of 3,206 in the 2004 census.
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**Jubb'adin
Jubb'adin ( - ''Ġuppaʿōḏ'' , ) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Saidnaya and Rankous to the southwest, ...
**Maaloula
Maaloula (; ) is a town in southwestern Syria. The town is located in the Rif Dimashq Governorate and is 56 km northeast of Damascus, and is built into the rugged mountainside at an altitude of more than 1,500m. It is known as one of three r ...
The peak of the Qalamoun Mountains host the Cherubim Monastery at Saidnaya
Saidnaya (), also transliterated as Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, is a city located in the mountains, above sea level, north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It is the home of a Greek Orthodox monastery traditionally held to have been founde ...
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Eastern Qalamoun
Some of the cities located on the eastern part are:
*Al-Qutayfah District
al-Qutayfah District () is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central a ...
** al-Naseriyah
**Al-Qutayfah
Al-Qutayfah () is a city in Syria, administratively belonging to the Rif Dimashq Governorate, capital of the al-Qutayfah District. It is located approximately east of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qutayf ...
** Al-Ruhaybah
**Jayrud
Jairoud (; also spelled Jerud or Jayroud) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include ar-Ruhaybah, al-Qutayfah and Muadamiy ...
** Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun
*Douma District
Douma District () is a Districts of Syria, district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
The second largest Districts of Syria, district of Syria following Tadmur District, Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metr ...
**al-Dumayr
Dumeir, also Dumair, Damir and Dumayr () is a city located 45 kilometers north-east of Damascus, Syria.
Archaeology
An altar dedicated to the Semitic deity, Baalshamin in 94 CE, now in the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, indicates that a Naba ...
See also
* Battle of Qalamoun (2013) *Qalamoun offensive (June–August 2014)
The Qalamoun offensive (2014) was launched by the Syrian Army, in coordination with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, during the Syrian Civil War against remnant rebel forces following the previous Battle of Qalamoun which resulted in the militar ...
* Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015) Qalamoun offensive may refer to:
* Battle of Qalamoun (2013–2014)
* Qalamoun offensive (2014)
* Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015)
* Qalamoun offensive (2017)
The Qalamoun offensive (2017) was a military operation launched by Hezbollah, the ...
* Qalamoun offensive (July–August 2017)
The Qalamoun offensive (2017) was a military operation launched by Hezbollah, the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, and later the Lebanese Armed Forces, against members of Tahrir al-Sham and the Islamic State (IS) on the Lebanon–Syria border. The ...
* Evacuation of rebels from eastern Qalamoun
On 17 April 2018, rebel groups in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains pocket, led by Jaysh al-Islam, reached a surrender agreement with the Syrian Army and Russia. The agreement came after 2 weeks of negotiations that began with a Syrian Army ultimat ...
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