Al-Dimas

Al-Dimas
الديماس
Town
Al-Dimas
Coordinates: 33°35′00″N 36°05′00″E / 33.58333°N 36.08333°E / 33.58333; 36.08333Coordinates: 33°35′00″N 36°05′00″E / 33.58333°N 36.08333°E / 33.58333; 36.08333
Country  Syria
Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate
District Qudsaya District
Nahiyah Al-Dimas
Elevation 1,276 m (4,189 ft)
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 14,574
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s) Country code: 963

Al-Dimas (Arabic: الديماس‎), also known as Ad-Dimas, is a town in Syria,[2] located west of the capital city of Damascus.[3] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 14,574 in the 2004 census.[1]

Al-Dimas is the location where a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft crashed after being shot down by three Syrian surface-to-air missiles 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 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). About 432 mm (17.01 in) of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Ad Dimas
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 9.6
(49.3)		 10.8
(51.4)		 14.5
(58.1)		 19.2
(66.6)		 24.6
(76.3)		 29.0
(84.2)		 31.7
(89.1)		 32.1
(89.8)		 29.1
(84.4)		 24.3
(75.7)		 17.5
(63.5)		 11.5
(52.7)		 21.2
(70.1)
Average low °C (°F) 0.8
(33.4)		 1.1
(34)		 3.7
(38.7)		 6.9
(44.4)		 10.3
(50.5)		 13.6
(56.5)		 15.9
(60.6)		 16.0
(60.8)		 13.1
(55.6)		 9.7
(49.5)		 5.9
(42.6)		 2.3
(36.1)		 8.3
(46.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 101
(3.98)		 84
(3.31)		 59
(2.32)		 26
(1.02)		 15
(0.59)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 1
(0.04)		 14
(0.55)		 45
(1.77)		 87
(3.43)		 432
(17.01)
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ "AD DIMAS RIF DIMASHQ SYRIA Geography Population Map cities coordinates location - Tageo.com". www.tageo.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "redirect to /world/SY/08/Ad_Dimas.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.


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