Al-Salihiyah, Damascus

Al-Salihiyah (Arabic: الصَّالِحِيَّة, romanized: aṣ-Ṣāliḥiyya) is a municipality and neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. It lies to the northwest of the old walled city of Damascus and about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) southeast of the Citadel, at the foot of Mount Qasioun.^[2] The quarter is famous as a resting place of venerated Islamic scholars, such as the mystic Sufi scholar and philosopher Ibn Arabi and the Hanabila Mosque. Further to the south, it also houses the Syrian Parliament building.

Al-Salihiyah الصَّالِحِيَّة aṣ-Ṣāliḥiyya
Municipality
Al-Salihiyah quarter in 2007
Al-Salihiya on the district map of Damascus
Coordinates: 33°31′45″N 36°17′15″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Damascus Governorate
City	Damascus
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	72,303
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)
Climate	BSk

Neighborhoods

• Abu Jarash (pop. 12,798)
• Al-Madaris (pop. 12,731)
• Al-Mazra'a (pop. 6,818)
• Qasyoun (pop. 22,017)
• Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din (pop. 11,502)
• Ash-Shuhada (pop. 6,437)