Al-Salihiyah ( ar, الصَّالِحِيَّة, aṣ-Ṣāliḥiyya) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and neighborhood of
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. It lies to the northwest of the old walled city of Damascus and about southeast of the
Citadel
A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
In ...
, at the foot 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 the ...
.
The quarter is famous as a resting place of venerated Islamic scholars, such as the mystic Sufi scholar and philosopher
Ibn Arabi
Ibn ʿArabī ( ar, ابن عربي, ; full name: , ; 1165–1240), nicknamed al-Qushayrī (, ) and Sulṭān al-ʿĀrifīn (, , 'Sultan of the Knowers'), was an Arab Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher, extremely influenti ...
and the
Hanabila Mosque. Further to the south, it also houses the
Syrian Parliament
The People's Assembly ( ar, مَجْلِس الشَّعْب, ) is Syria's legislative authority. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies. There are two main political fronts; the National Progressive Fro ...
building.
Neighborhoods
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Abu Jarash (pop. 12,798)
*Al-Madaris (pop. 12,731)
*Al-Mazra'a (pop. 6,818)
*Qasyoun (pop. 22,017)
*Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din (pop. 11,502)
*Ash-Shuhada (pop. 6,437)
References
Neighborhoods of Damascus
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