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Al-Qastal, Damascus

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Al-Qastal
القسطل
Village
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictAl-Nabk District
NahiyahAl-Nabk
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
3,486
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Qastal (Template:Lang-ar, also spelled Yelda) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the northeast of Damascus, on the ancient caravan route to Homs and Aleppo, in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Yabrud, al-Nabk, al-Sehl and Deir Atiyah to the north, al-Ruhaybah, Jayrud, al-Dumayr and al-Qutayfah to the south, and Ma'loula, Assal al-Ward and Hawsh Arab to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qastal had a population of 3,486 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

Al-Qastal was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a place between Hims and Damascus where the caravans stop. It is said to be the name of the Kurah (or district)."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Template:Ar icon
  2. ^ le Strange, 1890, p. 483.

Bibliography

  • le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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