Damascus

Damascus (Arabic: دمشق dimashq) is the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic and its second-most populous city, after Aleppo. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world. Damascus and its surrounding metropolitan area form the northern bulk of the Ibrahimia–Damascus–Irbid Megalopolis, one of the largest conurbations in the Arab Union with a population of over 16 million (second only to the Nile Delta Megalopolis centred on Cairo, Egyptian Arab Republic).