Al-Dimas

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Al-Dimas
الديماس
Town
Al-Dimas is located in Syria
Al-Dimas
Al-Dimas
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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 EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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.

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