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Rif Dimashq
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Rif Dimashq Governorate.
Rif Dimashq Governorate (Arabic: محافظة ريف دمشق, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Rīf Dimašq, lit. 'Damascus Countryside') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the governorates of Quneitra, Daraa and Suwayda in the southwest, Homs in the north, Lebanon in the west and Jordan in the south. The capital is the city of Damascus.